ELBA-2026-500177

ELBA-2026-500177 - 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Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label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 8 (aarch64)	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el8.src.rpm	ebd7d6169017ae10604fc26df3bbfd30bf6d30985939f1a578a46d93908117fb	-	ol8_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-2.1.6-1.el8.aarch64.rpm	1462f534359663b1dc043ce94a65207429dea31910f0360dd8a07fda2ad381d3	-	ol8_aarch64_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el8.aarch64.rpm	f42b58196e79477a2d33b47493aba1efb3fbee0fc270999abb8b790a1024e83e	-	ol8_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-devel-2.1.6-1.el8.aarch64.rpm	7f5c29bfbe8471287f614f748f14a9584f2334c81c21198e9b7dab478b59c642	-	ol8_aarch64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-known-exploit-detection-2.1.6-1.el8.aarch64.rpm	d898815223eae89e73ac3e1f49fe37ec3610463c5238cbafaed76af786887c90	-	ol8_aarch64_ksplice
	ksplice-offline-2.1.6-1.el8.aarch64.rpm	b3e400518d25d58347be82f04ebe303adca64e7cb0cd3207bf3fb97c99e4a5e2	-	ol8_aarch64_ksplice
Oracle Linux 8 (x86_64)	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el8.src.rpm	ebd7d6169017ae10604fc26df3bbfd30bf6d30985939f1a578a46d93908117fb	-	ol8_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-2.1.6-1.el8.x86_64.rpm	8c3447af993aecd7c21176120d38566e70f1d0e987dd437df7e08dfffb98a9d1	-	ol8_x86_64_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-2.1.6-1.el8.x86_64.rpm	cc0aea061885fd86d016d0c94eb86784a763858788c7b30b43de7bdcc999c9ff	-	ol8_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-helper-devel-2.1.6-1.el8.x86_64.rpm	5f07f84f5a4c88d7c6edf1acbac70d7cf97d99ab75ca1fe5fb82bba8e4a0057a	-	ol8_x86_64_userspace_ksplice
	ksplice-known-exploit-detection-2.1.6-1.el8.x86_64.rpm	c74d5141c44110654c828c67b26f191114e68e470f53d1fc916148b5edd0c464	-	ol8_x86_64_ksplice
	ksplice-offline-2.1.6-1.el8.x86_64.rpm	b6c61aec9155fe80b73dd53eaa40d78b7a053cd749cd11035f32d4823029ab77	-	ol8_x86_64_ksplice

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