On January 1, 2025, Oracle Linux 7 moved from Premier to Extended Support. Oracle Cloud customers using Oracle Linux are entitled to both Premier Support and Extended Support (when offered). For more information about the Extended Support program, see Oracle Linux Extended Support.
The following changes are notable in this image update:
Updates kernel UEK with fixes for CVE-2022-4378, CVE-2022-3565, and CVE-2022-2602.
Updates zlib with a fix for CVE-2022-37434.
Note that changes to infrastructure such that images depend on can occur outside of the release of a particular image but could impact an image nonetheless. For information about changes that are specific to Oracle Linux images but which occur outside of the image release schedule, see General Notices for Oracle Linux Images.
License files for this image are located in /usr/share/licenses.
Software Errata 🔗
Oracle releases important changes to the Oracle Linux software as individual package updates, known as errata. For more information, see Software Errata
For a consolidated list of the various features, tools and documentation relating to security and Oracle Linux, see Oracle Linux Security. To be notified when new errata packages are released, you can subscribe to the Oracle Linux errata mailing lists at https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata.
Package Updates 🔗
The following package updates have been made in this image release.
Modified packages: 🔗
device-mapper-multipath updated from 0.4.9-135.0.1.el7_9 to 0.4.9-136.0.1.el7_9
device-mapper-multipath-libs updated from 0.4.9-135.0.1.el7_9 to 0.4.9-136.0.1.el7_9
kernel-uek updated from 5.4.17-2136.312.3.4.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.314.6.2.el7uek
kernel-uek-debug-devel updated from 5.4.17-2136.312.3.4.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.314.6.2.el7uek
kernel-uek-devel updated from 5.4.17-2136.312.3.4.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.314.6.2.el7uek
kernel-uek-headers updated from 4.14.35-2047.518.4.1.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.314.6.2.el7uek
kernel-uek-tools updated from 5.4.17-2136.312.3.4.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.314.6.2.el7uek
kernel-uek-tools-libs updated from 5.4.17-2136.312.3.4.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.314.6.2.el7uek
kpartx updated from 0.4.9-135.0.1.el7_9 to 0.4.9-136.0.1.el7_9
krb5-libs updated from 1.15.1-54.0.1.el7_9 to 1.15.1-55.0.1.el7_9
ksplice updated from 1.0.58-1.el7 to 1.0.59-1.el7
ksplice-core0 updated from 1.0.58-1.el7 to 1.0.59-1.el7
ksplice-tools updated from 1.0.58-1.el7 to 1.0.59-1.el7
oracle-cloud-agent updated from 1.26.1-5.el7 to 1.27.0-8.el7
perf updated from 5.4.17-2136.312.3.4.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.313.6.el7uek
python-perf updated from 5.4.17-2136.312.3.4.el7uek to 5.4.17-2136.313.6.el7uek
python36-oci-sdk updated from 2.85.0-1.el7 to 2.88.2-1.el7
tzdata updated from 2022e-1.el7 to 2022g-1.el7
zlib updated from 1.2.7-20.el7_9 to 1.2.7-20.0.1.el7_9