ELBA-2026-500175

ELBA-2026-500175 - ksplice-helper bug fix update

Type:	BUG
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2026-08-13

Description

[2.1.6]
- ksplice services use offline_mode consistently at boot
- ksplice-offline dependency changes
- Consolidating locks
- uptrack-migrate-cache handles symlinks better
- changes to provides, pre and post transaction behavior
- Fix Python package provides for ksplice-client on EL9 and newer
- Changes to ksplice-agent.service
- Keep HNIC clients offline and prevent conflicting Exadata cache selection.

[2.1.5]
- Speedup userspace patch application
- Drop boost regex system and filesystem dependency
- Bug fix on userspace patching for aarch64
- Fix a race condition during boot when applying kernel updates

[2.1.4]
- Add ksplice kernel status command to report configuration, update state, CVE remediation, history, and the next agent timer run.

[2.1.3]
- Limit client-managed cache permissions to the default kernel cache location.
- Do not mark rejected result reports as sent
- Fix hang when patching target processes with many short-lived children.
- Fix RPM provides expansion for ksplice and uptrack packages.
- Require matching Ksplice tools and core RPMs when installing the offline RPM.
- Unified Ksplice Client

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 9 (aarch64)	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el9.src.rpm	cd7d2f3aad6503cc75705f095ed706ed9223bc2283007369783253fdea06902f	-	ol9_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-2.1.6-1.el9.aarch64.rpm	c38f653abaac6516549fd6d51849cd6423e5a750f49ed5de5444bf48666a7f1a	-	ol9_aarch64_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el9.aarch64.rpm	75117eb0b47c22d174df7f27b0a57f0fe85ed8bbd5cc3292816ba16058594693	-	ol9_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-devel-2.1.6-1.el9.aarch64.rpm	db34bc0e8037d4220ca984ccc08846e17834f38a0d296e78b9e3e2c747a577cc	-	ol9_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-known-exploit-detection-2.1.6-1.el9.aarch64.rpm	436cdb0969d01d6372a553393c3576fa5b76cc115be4e12b71bd8bd798507b86	-	ol9_aarch64_ksplice
	ksplice-offline-2.1.6-1.el9.aarch64.rpm	0e8f71e0e9c2899981e36626e592f4f765587f5a2201e591f689113cffbaabe8	-	ol9_aarch64_ksplice
Oracle Linux 9 (x86_64)	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el9.src.rpm	cd7d2f3aad6503cc75705f095ed706ed9223bc2283007369783253fdea06902f	-	ol9_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-2.1.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm	4ba52ef5c6dab084cee31f23832df23c45495d8d7f0008c6d60d85ab7766c914	-	ol9_x86_64_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm	fd83222ad964cc68de6bcfc1e26cede45507e84483e09d16a64b5926e2f2c7c5	-	ol9_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-devel-2.1.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm	d686539bbc08309428a4d6ae02500034266de10bd7c0a211cb7b2256e18431bf	-	ol9_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-known-exploit-detection-2.1.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm	67ba2e8c8eb26a8ac8c60c2d1091f43a0ce4a82265fd07fca82cc9cbcd0c5db6	-	ol9_x86_64_ksplice
	ksplice-offline-2.1.6-1.el9.x86_64.rpm	853a5647d93e950a7309ad4786a57f44afb079c1172656c0dcdd7ac879a019eb	-	ol9_x86_64_ksplice

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