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The latest Ceph Storage for Oracle Linux, Release 2.0, is now available for download on the Unbreakable Linux Network as well as on Oracle Linux yum server. Based on the Ceph community Jewel release (v10.2.2), Ceph Storage for Oracle Linux provides a high performing, extremely scalable storage solution offering block, file andobject storage under a single system, leveraging commodity x86-based hardware. Ceph offers a number of features and is one of the most widely deployed...

On Monday evening, we released Oracle Linux 6.8 to the Unbreakable Linux Network.  This release is the first ISO to incorporate Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 (Quarterly Update 1) and includes several improvements and features.  You can download this update from yum.oracle.com or from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud.  For more information regarding the release or for details on how to update your system, please review the release notes located here.  This is a...

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 4 Quarterly Update 1 (UEKR4U1) for Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 7. This is the first quarterly update release for UEK Release 4 (Version 4.1.12-37.2.1) and includes driver updates and a consolidation of fixes for bugs and security issues. Highlights include: LXC has been updated from 1.07 to 1.1.5 btrfs-progs has been updated to 4.2.2-3 Several DTrace improvements have been included in...

Offline Support for userspace patching is now available in Ksplice. For customers hosting their own yum repositories, or those with restricted access to outside update channels, you can now integrate Ksplice userspace patches into your existing offline Ksplice patching procedures.  This expands the initial support with online patching capabilities and provides the maximum flexibility and choice for customers managing critical updates. If you have wanted to use Ksplice for...

This week we have seen a new vulnerability making the rounds involving glibc. The issue at hand involves a couple of libraries (libresolv and libnss_dns), which are used commonly with tasks like DNS lookups. Using the function getaddrinfo() could generate a stack buffer overflow with larger replies, which in turn could be used maliciously to trigger an exploit through attacker-controlled domain names, attacker-controlled DNS servers or man-in-the-middle attacks. The glibc...

The Oracle Linux team is pleased to announce the general availability of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) Release 4 for Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 7.  This release, based on the 4.1 mainline kernel, delivers many important new features and enhancements engineered for modern cloud infrastructure.   Significant performance improvements through enhancements to features like automatic NUMA balancing and CPU schedulers,and the introduction of new features like zswap,...

We're happy to announce the general availability of Oracle Linux 7 Update 2, the second update release for Oracle Linux 7. You can find the individual RPM packages on the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN) and the Oracle Linux Yum Server and ISO installation images are available for download from the Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Oracle Linux 7 Update 2 ships with the following kernel packages: Red Hat Compatible Kernel (kernel-3.10.0-327.el7) for x86-64 Unbreakable Enterprise...

We are pleased to announce the availability of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 3 Quarterly Update 7 (UEKR3U7) for Oracle Linux 6 and Oracle Linux 7. This is the seventh quarterly update release for UEK Release 3 (Version 3.8.13-118) and includes driver updates and a consolidation of fixes for bugs and security issues. Some notable highlights include: For Oracle Linux 7 installations, support has been included for network teaming, which includes active-backup,...

The Oracle Linux team is excited to announce the Ceph Storage for Oracle Linux Release 1.0 technology preview.  Based on the the Ceph community Firefly release (v0.80), Ceph Storage for Oracle Linux provides a high performing, scalable storage solution using commodity x86-based hardware, providing critical options for managing the growing storage requirements customers face today.  This release includes the components needed to build Ceph storage clusters, using XFS or BTRFS...