An Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) kernel security update has been released for Oracle Linux 6.

ELSA-2023-0187 Moderate: Oracle Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) kernel security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-0187

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-0187.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support (ELS) have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
kernel-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm

x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2021-26401

Description of changes:

[2.6.32-754.49.1.el6.OL6]
- x86/speculation: Use generic retpoline by default on AMD {CVE-2021-26401} [Orabug: 34986011]