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

El-errata: ELSA-2021-2168 Important: Oracle Linux 8 kernel security and bug fix update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2021-2168

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-2168.html

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

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2021-3501
CVE-2021-3543



Description of changes:

[4.18.0-305.3.1.el8_4.OL8]
- 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 run->internal.ndata as an array index (Jon Maloy) [1954221 1954219]
- tools/power turbostat: Revert "[tools] tools/power turbostat: Enable accumulate RAPL display" (Prarit Bhargava) [1952987 1944699]

[4.18.0-305.1.1.el8_4]
- ALSA: usb-audio: fix NULL ptr dereference in usb_audio_probe (Jaroslav Kysela) [1954545 1870724]
- ALSA: usb-audio: fix use after free in usb_audio_disconnect (Jaroslav Kysela) [1954545 1870724]
- ALSA: usb-audio: Disable USB autosuspend properly in setup_disable_autosuspend() (Jaroslav Kysela) [1954545 1870724]
- selinux: fix deadlock in security_set_bools() (Ondrej Mosnacek) [1945123 1924230]
- geneve: do not modify the shared tunnel info when PMTU triggers an ICMP reply (Antoine Tenart) [1944667 1941753]
- vxlan: do not modify the shared tunnel info when PMTU triggers an ICMP reply (Antoine Tenart) [1944667 1941753]
- redhat: switch to zstream (Jan Stancek)