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High ELSA-2026-95212 6 CVEs

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Nov 5, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026

Summary

[4.18.0-553.184.1]
- 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]

[4.18.0-553.184.1]
- net/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-298266] {CVE-2026-64541}
- s390/smp: Remove conditional emergency signal order code usage (Jan Polensky) [RHEL-298849]
- sctp: stream: fully roll back denied add-stream state (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-277071] {CVE-2026-52929}
- sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-275359] {CVE-2026-74586}
- openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free (Timothy Redaelli) [RHEL-263524] {CVE-2026-89488}
- RDMA/rxe: Fix OOB in free_rd_atomic_resources() (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-256416] {CVE-2026-80863}
- RDMA/rxe: Fix responder UAF on IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC modify_qp (Kamal Heib) [RHEL-258544] {CVE-2026-80864}
- redhat: fix parallel make race between sources-rh and its inputs (Jan Stancek)

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-core 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-core 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-devel 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-doc 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-headers 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 perf 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-perf 0:4.18.0-553.184.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 6

  • Critical 9.8

    net/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix UAF in smc_cdc_rx_handler() by pinning the socket smc_cdc_rx_handler() looks up the connection by token under the link group's conns_lock, drops the lock, and then dereferences c…

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-74586 Public exploit

    sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: clear new_transport when removing a peer sctp_process_asconf_param() stores a newly added peer transport in asoc->new_transport. After all parameters in the ASCONF chunk have been proce…

  • High 7.8

    openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: Fix CT limit teardown use-after-free Packet processing uses CT limit state under RCU, while netns teardown frees that state under ovs_mutex. The CT limit pointer was neither remo…

  • High 7.5

    sctp: stream: fully roll back denied add-stream state

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: stream: fully roll back denied add-stream state When ADD_OUT_STREAMS is denied, SCTP only shrinks the queued chunks and then lowers outcnt. That leaves removed stream metadata behind, s…

  • Unscored —

    RDMA/rxe: Fix OOB in free_rd_atomic_resources()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix OOB in free_rd_atomic_resources() free_rd_atomic_resources() iterates using qp->attr.max_dest_rd_atomic. Updating max_dest_rd_atomic before freeing the old array can make the fr…

  • Unscored —

    RDMA/rxe: Fix responder UAF on IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC modify_qp

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix responder UAF on IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC modify_qp rxe_qp_from_attr() handles IB_QP_MAX_DEST_RD_ATOMIC outside the IB_QP_STATE path, so it holds no state_lock and runs while th…