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High ELSA-2026-45115 3 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Jul 29, 2026 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.147.1]
- 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 <= 15.3-1.0.3
- Remove upstream reference during boot (Kevin Lyons) [Orabug: 34750652]
- Add new Oracle Linux Driver Signing (key 1) certificate [Orabug: 37985772]

[4.18.0-553.147.1]
- KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure hugepage is in by slot before checking max mapping level (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-213341] {CVE-2026-63807}
- KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-213341]
- KVM: x86: Check for invalid/obsolete root *after* making MMU pages available (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-213341]
- KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails due to invalid guest state (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-213341]
- KVM: nVMX: Add helper to put (unmap) vmcs12 pages (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-213341]
- KVM: nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map() to get/pin vmcs12's APIC-access page (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-213341]
- KVM: x86: Don't (re)check L1 intercepts when completing userspace I/O (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-211228] {CVE-2025-40026}
- KVM: x86: wean in-kernel PIO from vcpu->arch.pio* (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-211228]
- KVM: x86: move all vcpu->arch.pio* setup in emulator_pio_in_out() (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-211228]
- KVM: x86: drop PIO from unregistered devices (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-211228]
- KVM: x86: inline kernel_pio into its sole caller (Aidan Wallace) [RHEL-211228]
- serial: 8250_mid: Disable DMA for selected platforms (Mark Salter) [RHEL-190191]
- tipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-192178] {CVE-2026-52993}
- xfrm: esp: restore combined single-frag length gate (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-178324]
- dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-188543] {CVE-2026-53059}
- xfs: Use xarray to track SB UUIDs instead of plain array. (Lukas Herbolt) [RHEL-127174]
- selftests: kvm: try getting XFD and XSAVE state out of sync (Paolo Bonzini) [RHEL-166738]
- selftests: kvm: replace numbering of sync points with actions (Paolo Bonzini) [RHEL-166738]
- x86/fpu: Clear XSTATE_BV[i] in guest XSAVE state whenever XFD[i]=1 (Paolo Bonzini) [RHEL-166738]
- mount: Retest MNT_LOCKED in do_umount (Ian Kent) [RHEL-152655]
- mount: Don't allow copying MNT_UNBINDABLE|MNT_LOCKED mounts (Ian Kent) [RHEL-152655]
- mount: Prevent MNT_DETACH from disconnecting locked mounts (Ian Kent) [RHEL-152655]

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-52993 Public exploit

    tipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix double-free in tipc_buf_append() tipc_msg_validate() can potentially reallocate the skb it is validating, freeing the old one. In tipc_buf_append(), it was being called with a point…

  • High 7.9

    KVM: x86: Don't (re)check L1 intercepts when completing userspace I/O

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Don't (re)check L1 intercepts when completing userspace I/O When completing emulation of instruction that generated a userspace exit for I/O, don't recheck L1 intercepts as KVM has …

  • Medium 6.3

    dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow The local variable region_count in create_log_context() is declared as unsigned int (32-bit), but dm_sector_div_up() returns secto…