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High ELSA-2026-57252 26 CVEs

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

Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Summary

[5.14.0-687.41.1]
- 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]

[5.14.0-687.41.1]
- smb: client: validate DFS referral PathConsumed (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-237668] {CVE-2026-68343}
- posix-cpu-timers: Prevent UAF caused by non-leader exec() race (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844] {CVE-2026-64560}
- posix-cpu-timers: Fix pid refcount leak in do_cpu_nanosleep() error path (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844] {CVE-2026-64370}
- posix-timers: Retrieve interval in common timer_settime() code (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Simplify posix_cpu_timer_set() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Remove incorrect comment in posix_cpu_timer_set() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Use @now instead of @val for clarity (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Do not arm SIGEV_NONE timers (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Replace old expiry retrieval in posix_cpu_timer_set() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Handle SIGEV_NONE timers correctly in timer_set() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Handle SIGEV_NONE timers correctly in timer_get() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Handle interval timers correctly in timer_get() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Save interval only for armed timers (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- posix-cpu-timers: Split up posix_cpu_timer_get() (Waiman Long) [RHEL-227844]
- smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-236207] {CVE-2026-68388}
- smb: client: mask server-provided mode to 07777 in modefromsid (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-234528] {CVE-2026-64379}
- cgroup/psi: Set of->priv to NULL upon file release (Waiman Long) [RHEL-232554]
- sched/psi: Create the psimon kthread outside of cgroup_mutex (Waiman Long) [RHEL-232554]
- sched/psi: fix race between file release and pressure write (Waiman Long) [RHEL-232554] {CVE-2026-52991}
- smb: client: fix query_info() replay double-free (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-234121] {CVE-2026-64386}
- smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_open() replay (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-234107] {CVE-2026-64382}
- mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put() (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-231225] {CVE-2026-53189}
- net/smc: reject CHID-0 ACCEPT that matches an empty ism_dev slot (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-230090] {CVE-2026-64048}
- ip6_gre: Use cached t->net in ip6erspan_changelink(). (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-180144] {CVE-2026-46120}

[5.14.0-687.40.1]
- scsi: target: iscsi: Fix CRC overread and double-free in iscsit_handle_text_cmd() (Maurizio Lombardi) [RHEL-213222] {CVE-2026-63888}
- smb: client: fix SMB1 TRANS2 multi-response truncation in SendReceive() (Paulo Alcantara) [RHEL-235811]
- drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages (Jose Exposito) [RHEL-222614] {CVE-2026-63879}
- drm/amd/display: Use krealloc_array() in dal_vector_reserve() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222668] {CVE-2026-53329}
- drm/amd/display: Clamp VBIOS HDMI retimer register count to array size (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222683] {CVE-2026-53136}
- drm/amdkfd: Fix buffer overflow in SDMA queue checkpoint/restore on GFX11 (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222703] {CVE-2026-53143}
- drm/amdkfd: Fix watch_id bounds checking in debug address watch v2 (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222718] {CVE-2026-45878}
- drm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222742] {CVE-2026-63884}
- drm/i915/gem: Fix phys BO pread/pwrite with offset (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222748] {CVE-2026-53356}
- drm/amd/display: Validate payload length and link_index in dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222571] {CVE-2026-64219}
- drm/amdgpu: zero-initialize GART table on allocation (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-222647] {CVE-2026-53374}
- drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-221333] {CVE-2026-43206}
- drm/amdgpu: Refactor amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl for Handling Last Fence Update and Timeline Management v7 (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-221368] {CVE-2026-43237}
- drm/amdgpu: Refactor amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl for Handling Last Fence Update and Timeline Management v4 (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-221368] {CVE-2026-43237}
- wifi: iwlwifi: reduce encryption error message to debug level in FIPS mode (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [RHEL-181065]
- wifi: iwlwifi: restore FIPS-disabled features with fips exception (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [RHEL-181065]
- wifi: mac80211: allow keys to driver with fips exception (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [RHEL-181065]
- crypto: fips: add rh_fips_exception kernel boot parameter and fips_allows() helper (Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez) [RHEL-181065]
- netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix OOB read in decode_choice() (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-230625] {CVE-2026-43233}
- netfilter: synproxy: refresh tcphdr after skb_ensure_writable (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-228909] {CVE-2026-64007}
- memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-228523] {CVE-2026-63952}
- mm/memfd: fix spelling in memfd_add_seals() (Luiz Capitulino) [RHEL-228523]
- vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-224549]
- udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-179581] {CVE-2026-45991}

Fixed packages 29

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-core 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-cross-headers 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-core 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-devel-matched 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-doc 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-headers 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-core 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-modules-extra 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 kernel-uki-virt-addons 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 libperf 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 perf 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-perf 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rtla 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8
Oracle Linux · 9 rv 0:5.14.0-687.41.1.el9_8

Vulnerabilities 26

  • Critical 9.8

    scsi: target: iscsi: Fix CRC overread and double-free in iscsit_handle_text_cmd()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix CRC overread and double-free in iscsit_handle_text_cmd() Two latent bugs in the Text-phase handler, both present since the original LIO integration in commit e48354ce…

  • Critical 9.8

    netfilter: synproxy: refresh tcphdr after skb_ensure_writable

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: synproxy: refresh tcphdr after skb_ensure_writable synproxy_tstamp_adjust() rewrites the TCP timestamp option in place and then patches the TCP checksum via inet_proto_csum_replace…

  • Critical 9.8

    smb: client: fix query_info() replay double-free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix query_info() replay double-free A response-bearing attempt can return a replayable error and free its response buffer. If SMB2_query_info_init() fails before the next send, c…

  • Critical 9.8

    smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/client: handle overlapping allocated ranges in fallocate smb3_simple_fallocate_range() can skip holes when an allocated range returned by the server starts before the current fallocate of…

  • Critical 9.1

    smb: client: validate DFS referral PathConsumed

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: validate DFS referral PathConsumed parse_dfs_referrals() validates that the response contains the fixed referral entry array and, on for-next, the per-referral string offsets. Ho…

  • High 8.8

    drm/amdgpu: zero-initialize GART table on allocation

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: zero-initialize GART table on allocation GART TLB is flushed after unmapping but not after mapping. Since amdgpu_bo_create_kernel() does not zero-initialize the buffer, when a sin…

  • High 8.8

    smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_open() replay

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix double-free in SMB2_open() replay A response-bearing attempt can return a replayable error and free its response buffer. If SMB2_open_init() fails before the next send, clean…

  • High 8.4

    memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE When SEAL_EXEC is added, SEAL_WRITE is implied to make W^X. But the implied seal is set after the check that makes sure the memfd can n…

  • High 8.2

    netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix OOB read in decode_choice()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: fix OOB read in decode_choice() In decode_choice(), the boundary check before get_len() uses the variable `len`, which is still 0 from its initialization at the …

  • High 7.8

    drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set() The kfd_event_page_set() function writes KFD_SIGNAL_EVENT_LIMIT * 8 bytes via memset without checking the buffer size parameter. Th…

  • High 7.8

    drm/amdgpu: Refactor amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl for Handling Last Fence Update and Timeline Management v4

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Refactor amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl for Handling Last Fence Update and Timeline Management v4 This commit simplifies the amdgpu_gem_va_ioctl function, key updates include: - Moved the lo…

  • High 7.8

    drm/amdkfd: Fix watch_id bounds checking in debug address watch v2

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix watch_id bounds checking in debug address watch v2 The address watch clear code receives watch_id as an unsigned value (u32), but some helper functions were using a signed int…

  • High 7.8

    udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping Mounting a crafted UDF image with repeated partition descriptors can trigger a heap out-of-bounds write in part_descs_loc[]. handle_partition_…

  • High 7.8

    ip6_gre: Use cached t->net in ip6erspan_changelink().

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ip6_gre: Use cached t->net in ip6erspan_changelink(). After commit 5e72ce3e3980 ("net: ipv6: Use link netns in newlink() of rtnl_link_ops"), ip6erspan_newlink() correctly resolves the per-net…

  • High 7.8

    sched/psi: fix race between file release and pressure write

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/psi: fix race between file release and pressure write A potential race condition exists between pressure write and cgroup file release regarding the priv member of struct kernfs_open_fi…

  • High 7.8

    mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: update file PMD counter before folio_put() __split_huge_pmd_locked() updates the file/shmem RSS counter after dropping the PMD mapping's folio reference. If folio_put() drops …

  • High 7.8

    drm/i915/gem: Fix phys BO pread/pwrite with offset

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gem: Fix phys BO pread/pwrite with offset sg_page() returns struct page pointer not (void *) so the scaling of pread/pwrite is wrong for phys BO and wrong parts of BO would be access…

  • High 7.8

    drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages The notifier sequence must only be read once or otherwise we could work with invalid pages. While at it also fix the coding style, e.g. drop the pre…

  • High 7.8

    drm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: Fix potential UAF in TTM object purge TLDR: The bo->ttm object might be changed by calling ttm_bo_validate(), move casting it to an i915_tt object later to actually get the right po…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-64560 Public exploit

    posix-cpu-timers: Prevent UAF caused by non-leader exec() race

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: posix-cpu-timers: Prevent UAF caused by non-leader exec() race Wongi and Jungwoo decoded and reported a non-leader exec() related race which can result in an UAF: sys_timer_delete() exec() po…

  • High 7.5

    net/smc: reject CHID-0 ACCEPT that matches an empty ism_dev slot

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: reject CHID-0 ACCEPT that matches an empty ism_dev slot On the SMC-D client, slot 0 of ini->ism_dev[]/ini->ism_chid[] is reserved for an SMC-Dv1 device. smc_find_ism_v2_device_clnt()…

  • High 7.1

    smb: client: mask server-provided mode to 07777 in modefromsid

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: mask server-provided mode to 07777 in modefromsid When modefromsid is active, parse_dacl() applies the server-provided sub_auth[2] value from the NFS mode SID to cf_mode without …

  • High 7.0

    drm/amdkfd: Fix buffer overflow in SDMA queue checkpoint/restore on GFX11

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Fix buffer overflow in SDMA queue checkpoint/restore on GFX11 The v11 MQD manager incorrectly assigned the CP-compute variants of checkpoint_mqd/restore_mqd for KFD_MQD_TYPE_SDMA …

  • High 7.0

    drm/amd/display: Use krealloc_array() in dal_vector_reserve()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Use krealloc_array() in dal_vector_reserve() [Why & How] dal_vector_reserve() computes the allocation size as "capacity * vector->struct_size" using uint32_t arithmetic, whic…

  • High 7.0

    drm/amd/display: Validate payload length and link_index in dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Validate payload length and link_index in dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async [Why&How] dc_process_dmub_aux_transfer_async() copies payload->length bytes into a 16-byte stack …

  • Unscored —

    drm/amd/display: Clamp VBIOS HDMI retimer register count to array size

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Clamp VBIOS HDMI retimer register count to array size [Why & How] The VBIOS integrated info tables (v1_11 and v2_1) contain HdmiRegNum and Hdmi6GRegNum fields that are used a…