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Oracle Linux 8: ELSA-2025

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • November 19, 2025

[4.18.0-553.84.1] - 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 root (CKI Backport Bot) [RHEL-123775] - vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put() (Jon Maloy) [RHEL-114296] {CVE-2025-39718} - NFS: remove revoked delegation from server's delegation list (Benjamin Coddington) [RHEL-123005]

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Oracle Linux 8 Updates Address Security Vulnerabilities Oracle has released updates for Oracle Linux 8, specifically ELSA-2025, which includes enhancements to certificate management and security features. Key changes involve the addition of the Oracle Linux RHCK Module Signing Key to the kernel trusted keys list and updates to the x509.genkey file. The updates also address conflicts with shim-ia32 and shim-x64, along with a validation issue in the vsock/virtio component. 5 sources 22

Extracted Entities

CVEs (1)

CVE-2025-39718

Platforms (2)

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