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High ELSA-2026-77498 3 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Oct 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 8, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.172.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.172.1]
- svcrdma: Reject inline replies that overflow the pull-up buffer (Roberto Bergantinos Corpas) [RHEL-187743] {CVE-2026-89530}
- packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path (Jamie Bainbridge) [RHEL-244539]
- net: remove CAP_SYS_RAWIO zero-padding in dev_validate_header (Jamie Bainbridge) [RHEL-244539]
- packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths (Jamie Bainbridge) [RHEL-244539] {CVE-2026-74582}
- net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth (Jamie Bainbridge) [RHEL-244539]
- net: tunnels: annotate lockless accesses to dev->needed_headroom (Jamie Bainbridge) [RHEL-244539]
- vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-232253] {CVE-2026-64115}

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.172.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Critical 9.8

    svcrdma: Reject inline replies that overflow the pull-up buffer

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: svcrdma: Reject inline replies that overflow the pull-up buffer An RPC-over-RDMA client can request a reply, such as an NFS READ payload, without providing a Write list or a Reply chunk to ca…

  • High 8.8

    vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake vmci_transport_recv_connecting_server() returned err = 0 for a peer RST in its default switch arm: err = pkt->type == VMCI_TRA…

  • High 7.8

    packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: packet: use consistent hard_header_len in non-ring send paths packet_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len multiple times while allocating and constructing an skb. Device reconfiguration can chang…