ELBA-2026-500176

ELBA-2026-500176 - 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Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label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 10 (aarch64)	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el10.src.rpm	9b47c3a9cc0328a78d6da55bc076b8009fa25d200eeeb13f84aa5392f15d1ac3	-	ol10_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-2.1.6-1.el10.aarch64.rpm	eb26af719e7b3977c5129c0b171317541c3b94a9dd4da0bba3e7900e923c7f51	-	ol10_aarch64_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el10.aarch64.rpm	b310d5ab8cc13b9e4153248131c7c9cc80cc1d0b364a47d8f7e18d817a8604bf	-	ol10_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-devel-2.1.6-1.el10.aarch64.rpm	0c417cd5e38703731d26a3aae1dab5d0d23f29b053b6fe7133f961009754101f	-	ol10_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-known-exploit-detection-2.1.6-1.el10.aarch64.rpm	5d8c1efd8b2a8ab411f41a57efd5ba3a2606f4de360e94cde1e607bf7a4a0178	-	ol10_aarch64_ksplice
	ksplice-offline-2.1.6-1.el10.aarch64.rpm	e2d4a8ab55c001c78c166765cfea30fcbc5d625645d93e3a8815c6a5f763fcb7	-	ol10_aarch64_ksplice
Oracle Linux 10 (x86_64)	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el10.src.rpm	9b47c3a9cc0328a78d6da55bc076b8009fa25d200eeeb13f84aa5392f15d1ac3	-	ol10_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-2.1.6-1.el10.x86_64.rpm	2a13d855709b34d4fc4bf182f8eae9b29bf179ad72c715d4dd3abe017c3980cd	-	ol10_x86_64_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el10.x86_64.rpm	abd052201fc62ab8af02dba8e649207abbc4e377943878c8bb2ad1571182b17f	-	ol10_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-devel-2.1.6-1.el10.x86_64.rpm	bd4c56c3b38207a49592b05458e47cad049e5988592f1af76a289ed2f254bb28	-	ol10_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-known-exploit-detection-2.1.6-1.el10.x86_64.rpm	8daf777c14406defb96e520ff3f159b3c4f7472f4c84971bf83415af1f0eab3d	-	ol10_x86_64_ksplice
	ksplice-offline-2.1.6-1.el10.x86_64.rpm	8b124e69f90f50c447aade7d946f65c3bc03cff04de87d6ec46d66fc302d6f82	-	ol10_x86_64_ksplice

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