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High ELSA-2026-36957 3 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Jul 10, 2026 · Updated Jul 10, 2026

Summary

[5.14.0-687.24.1]
- Disable UKI signing [Orabug: 36571828]
- Update Oracle Linux certificates (Kevin Lyons)
- Disable signing for aarch64 (Ilya Okomin)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was added to the kernel trusted keys list (olkmod_signing_key.pem) [Orabug: 29539237]
- Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]
- Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 <= 15.3-1.0.5]
- Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34729535]
- Add Oracle Linux IMA certificates
- Add new Oracle Linux Driver Signing (key 1) certificate [Orabug: 37985764]

[5.14.0-687.24.1]
- KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role (Paolo Bonzini) [RHEL-192400] {CVE-2026-53359}
- KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-186702] {CVE-2026-46113}
- net/sched: ets: Always remove class from active list before deleting in ets_qdisc_change (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-183004] {CVE-2025-71066}

[5.14.0-687.23.1]
- eventpoll: refresh epi_fget() / ep_remove_file() comments (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: Fix integer overflow in ep_loop_check_proc() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: drop vestigial epi->dying flag (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: drop dead bool return from ep_remove_epi() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: refresh eventpoll_release() fast-path comment (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: move f_lock acquisition into ep_remove_file() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773] {CVE-2026-46242}
- eventpoll: drop vestigial __ prefix from ep_remove_{file,epi}() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: move epi_fget() up (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: rename ep_remove_safe() back to ep_remove() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: kill __ep_remove() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: split __ep_remove() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: use hlist_is_singular_node() in __ep_remove() (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period (Ian Kent) [RHEL-173830] {CVE-2026-43074}
- epoll: annotate racy check (Ian Kent) [RHEL-180773]
- netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-182344]
- tg3: Fix race for querying speed/duplex (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-182768]

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-core 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-core 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-doc 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-headers 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 libperf 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 perf 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-perf 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rtla 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rv 0:5.14.0-687.24.1.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 8.8

    KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN The shadow MMU computes GFNs for direct shadow pages using sp->gfn plus the SPTE index. This assumption breaks for shadow pagi…

  • High 8.8
    CVE-2026-53359 Public exploit

    KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role Commit 0cb2af2ea66ad ("KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN") fixed a shadow paging mismatch betw…

  • High 7.8

    net/sched: ets: Always remove class from active list before deleting in ets_qdisc_change

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: ets: Always remove class from active list before deleting in ets_qdisc_change zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com says: The vulnerability is a race condition between `ets_qdisc_dequeue`…