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A kernel security update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.



El-errata: ELSA-2020-4685 Important: Oracle Linux 8 kernel security update


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2020-4685

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4685.html

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

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.OL8]
- 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