A kernel security and bug fix update has been released for Oracle Linux 7.

El-errata: ELSA-2022-5232 Important: Oracle Linux 7 kernel security and bug fix update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2022-5232

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-5232.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
bpftool-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
perf-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/kernel-3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2022-1729
CVE-2022-1966
CVE-2022-21499



Description of changes:

[3.10.0-1160.71.1.0.1.el7]
- debug: lock down kgdb [Orabug: 34270798] {CVE-2022-21499}

[3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7.OL7]
- Update Oracle Linux certificates (Ilya Okomin)
- Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key was compiled into kernel (olkmod_signing_key.x509)(alexey.petrenko@oracle.com)
- Update x509.genkey [Orabug: 24817676]
- Conflict with shim-ia32 and shim-x64 anon_vma in unlink_anon_vmas() (Rafael Aquini) [1824109 2069962]
- mm/rmap.c: don't reuse anon_vma if we just want a copy (Rafael Aquini) [1824109 2069962]
- mm/mmap.c: rb_parent is not necessary in __vma_link_list() (Rafael Aquini) [1824109 2069962]
- mm/mmap.c: extract __vma_unlink_list() as counterpart for __vma_link_list() (Rafael Aquini) [1824109 2069962]
- mm/mmap.c: __vma_unlink_prev() is not necessary now (Rafael Aquini) [1824109 2069962]
- mm/mmap.c: prev could be retrieved from vma->vm_prev (Rafael Aquini) [1824109 2069962]

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