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

ELSA-2023-3847 Moderate: Oracle Linux 8 kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-3847

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-3847.html

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

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
bpftool-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.aarch64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//kernel-4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2023-28466

Description of changes:

[4.18.0-477.15.1.el8_8.OL8]
- net: tls: fix possible race condition between do_tls_getsockopt_conf() and do_tls_setsockopt_conf() (Hangyu Hua) {CVE-2023-28466}

[4.18.0-477.13.1.el8_8.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