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High ELSA-2026-47040 5 CVEs

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Jul 30, 2026 · Updated Jul 30, 2026

Summary

[5.14.0-687.31.1]
- 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]

[5.14.0-687.31.1]
- blk-mq: reinsert cached request to the list (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-213163] {CVE-2026-64017}
- blk-mq: pop cached request if it is usable (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-213163] {CVE-2026-64017}
- futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-193517] {CVE-2026-52973}
- watchdog: Fix NULL pointer dereference when releasing cdev (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- redhat/configs: enable watchdog pretimout panic functionality for x86 (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: wdat_wdt: Fix ACPI table leak in probe function (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: Switch to use hrtimer_setup() (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Convert comma to semicolon (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: wdat_wdt: Add timeout value as a param in ping method (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Report firmware_version (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Set NO_REBOOT if the watchdog is not already running (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Using existing macro define covers more scenarios (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: iTCO_wdt: No need to stop the timer in probe (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: only run driver set_pretimeout op if device supports it (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- watchdog: iTCO_wdt: Make use of the helper function devm_platform_ioremap_resource() (Krzysztof Pawlinski) [RHEL-193729]
- xfrm: xfrm_alloc_spi shouldn't use 0 as SPI (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-180033] {CVE-2025-39797}
- xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling (Sabrina Dubroca) [RHEL-180033] {CVE-2025-39797}
- iommu/vt-d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference or refcount corruption (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-190342] {CVE-2026-53281}
- iommu/vt-d: Fix oops due to out of scope access (Eder Zulian) [RHEL-190342]
- lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-189962] {CVE-2026-23002}
- nfsd: use correct loop termination in nfsd4_revoke_states() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-188257]
- nfsd: check that server is running in unlock_filesystem (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-188257]

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-core 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-core 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-doc 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-headers 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 libperf 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 perf 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-perf 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rtla 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rv 0:5.14.0-687.31.1.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 5

  • High 8.8

    iommu/vt-d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference or refcount corruption

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Avoid NULL pointer dereference or refcount corruption Commit 60f030f7418d ("iommu/vt-d: Avoid use of NULL after WARN_ON_ONCE") fixed a NULL pointer dereference in an unlikely situ…

  • High 7.8

    futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: futex: Drop CLONE_THREAD requirement for private default hash alloc Currently need_futex_hash_allocate_default() depends on strict pthread semantics, abusing CLONE_THREAD. This breaks the non…

  • High 7.8

    blk-mq: pop cached request if it is usable

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: pop cached request if it is usable When submitting a bio to blk-mq, if the task should sleep after peeking a cached request, but before it pops it, the plug flushes and calls blk_mq_f…

  • Unscored —

    xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling The issue originates when Strongswan initiates an XFRM_MSG_ALLOCSPI Netlink message, which triggers the kernel function xfrm_alloc_spi(). This function is expecte…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2026-23002 Public exploit

    lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/buildid: use __kernel_read() for sleepable context Prevent a "BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference in filemap_read_folio". For the sleepable context, convert freader to u…