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

El-errata: ELSA-2021-3447 Important: Oracle Linux 8 kernel security and bug fix update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2021-3447

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-3447.html

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

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-4.18.0-305.17.1.el8_4.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2021-37576
CVE-2021-38201



Description of changes:

[4.18.0-305.17.1.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