Synopsis: ELSA-2026-50100 can now be patched using Ksplice CVEs: CVE-2025-40040 CVE-2025-40083 CVE-2025-40259 CVE-2025-40264 CVE-2025-40277 CVE-2025-40281
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2026-50100. More information about this errata can be found at https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-50100.html INSTALLING THE UPDATES We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR6 5.4.17 on OL7 and OL8 install these updates. On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf, these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to take any action. Alternatively, you can install these updates by running: # /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y DESCRIPTION * CVE-2025-40040: Kernel panic in KSM for page merging driver. * CVE-2025-40083: Null pointer dereference in Quick Fair Queueing scheduler (QFQ) driver. * CVE-2025-40259: Deadlock in SCSI generic driver. * CVE-2025-40264: Null pointer dereference in BladeEngine driver. * CVE-2025-40277: Out-of-bounds memory access in VMware graphics driver. * CVE-2025-40281: Out-of-bounds memory access in SCTP Protocol driver. * Note: Oracle has determined some CVEs are not applicable. The kernel is not affected by the following CVEs since the code under consideration is not compiled. CVE-2025-40253, CVE-2025-40278, CVE-2025-40282, CVE-2025-40306, CVE-2025-40312, CVE-2025-40315, CVE-2025-40317, CVE-2025-68168, CVE-2025-68177, CVE-2025-68204, CVE-2025-68217, CVE-2025-68220 SUPPORT Ksplice support is available at [email protected].
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