A libdb bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELBA-2021-3594 Oracle Linux 8 libdb bug fix and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2021-3594

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2021-3594.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
libdb-5.3.28-42.el8_4.i686.rpm
libdb-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
libdb-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.i686.rpm
libdb-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
libdb-utils-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
libdb-cxx-5.3.28-42.el8_4.i686.rpm
libdb-cxx-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
libdb-cxx-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.i686.rpm
libdb-cxx-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
libdb-devel-doc-5.3.28-42.el8_4.noarch.rpm
libdb-sql-5.3.28-42.el8_4.i686.rpm
libdb-sql-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
libdb-sql-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.i686.rpm
libdb-sql-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
libdb-5.3.28-42.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
libdb-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
libdb-utils-5.3.28-42.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
libdb-cxx-5.3.28-42.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
libdb-cxx-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
libdb-devel-doc-5.3.28-42.el8_4.noarch.rpm
libdb-sql-5.3.28-42.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
libdb-sql-devel-5.3.28-42.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/libdb-5.3.28-42.el8_4.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[5.3.28-42]
- Apply the previous change only on aarch64 to limit the risk of unwanted impact
- Resolves: #1992402

[5.3.28-41]
- Bad order of sys calls cause high CPU usage
- Resolves: #1992402
- Patch no. 42 was added