Oracle Linux administrators need to install a batch of security advisories covering the core kernel, Nginx, Vim, and Podman for version 8 and version 9. The patches address dozens of CVEs that threaten file processing, network routing, container operations, and image editing utilities on x86_64 and aarch64 systems. Kernel releases add ARM64 processor errata workarounds, refresh driver signing certificates, and repair memory management flaws alongside routine bug corrections.

ELBA-2026-36366-1 Oracle Linux 8 kernel bug fix update
ELSA-2026-38878 Important: Oracle Linux 9 podman security update
ELSA-2026-38511 Important: Oracle Linux 9 vim security update
ELSA-2026-38498 Important: Oracle Linux 9 openexr security update
ELSA-2026-38512 Important: Oracle Linux 9 perl-DBI security update
ELSA-2026-38496 Important: Oracle Linux 9 gimp security update
ELSA-2026-38493 Important: Oracle Linux 9 buildah security update
ELSA-2026-38486 Important: Oracle Linux 9 xorg-x11-server security update
ELSA-2026-36957 Important: Oracle Linux 9 kernel security update
ELSA-2026-36331 Important: Oracle Linux 9 nginx security, bug fix, and enhancement update
ELSA-2026-38510 Important: Oracle Linux 8 vim security update
ELSA-2026-38503 Moderate: Oracle Linux 8 openssl security update
ELSA-2026-38501 Important: Oracle Linux 8 freerdp security update
ELSA-2026-38488 Important: Oracle Linux 8 xorg-x11-server-Xwayland security update
ELSA-2026-36366 Important: Oracle Linux 8 kernel security update
ELSA-2026-33743 Important: Oracle Linux 8 kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

ELBA-2026-36366-1 Oracle Linux 8 kernel bug fix update

Oracle Linux Bug Fix Advisory ELBA-2026-36366-1

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELBA-2026-36366-1.html

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

x86_64:
bpftool-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-core-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-cross-headers-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-core-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
perf-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-perf-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/kernel-4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1.el8_10.src.rpm

Description of changes:

[4.18.0-553.141.1.0.1]
- scsi: core: Restrict legal sdev_state transitions via sysfs (Uday Shankar) [Orabug: 37778230]

[4.18.0-553.141.1]
- 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