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Medium ELSA-2026-51035 2 CVEs

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

Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Summary

[5.14.0-687.36.1]
- 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]

[5.14.0-687.36.1]
- powerpc/powernv/iommu: iommu incorrectly bypass DMA APIs (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-215575]
- powerpc/iommu: bypass DMA APIs for coherent allocations for pre-mapped memory (Mamatha Inamdar) [RHEL-215575]
- mm/vmscan: add sysctl to limit direct reclaim scanning depth (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-211058]
- mm/memcg: refactor try_charge_memcg retry logic to use for loop (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-211058]
- mm/memcg: introduce tunable sysctl for memory cgroup reclaim retries (Audra Mitchell) [RHEL-211058]
- futex: Prevent lockup in requeue-PI during signal/ timeout wakeup (Waiman Long) [RHEL-193526] {CVE-2026-52977}
- futex: Require sys_futex_requeue() to have identical flags (Waiman Long) [RHEL-193526] {CVE-2026-31554}
- futex: Clear stale exiting pointer in futex_lock_pi() retry path (Waiman Long) [RHEL-193526] {CVE-2026-31555}
- futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-193526] {CVE-2026-23415}

[5.14.0-687.35.1]
- octeon_ep_vf: add NULL check for napi_build_skb() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-186331]
- octeon_ep_vf: introduce octep_vf_oq_next_idx() helper (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-186331]
- octeon_ep_vf: avoid compiler and IQ/OQ reordering (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-186331]
- octeon_ep_vf: Relocate counter updates before NAPI (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-186331]
- octeon_ep_vf: ensure dbell BADDR updation (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-186331]
- net: octeon_ep_vf: fix free_irq dev_id mismatch in IRQ rollback (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-186331]
- netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix OOB read in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-179745] {CVE-2026-43450}

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-core 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-core 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-doc 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-headers 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 libperf 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 perf 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-perf 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rtla 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rv 0:5.14.0-687.36.1.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-23415 Public exploit

    futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy() During futex_key_to_node_opt() execution, vma->vm_policy is read under speculative mmap lock and RCU. Concurrently, mbi…

  • Unscored —

    netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix OOB read in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: fix OOB read in nfnl_cthelper_dump_table() nfnl_cthelper_dump_table() has a 'goto restart' that jumps to a label inside the for loop body. When the "last" helpe…