Oracle Linux provides a secure, simplified platform for deploying and managing applications across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments. Designed for demanding workloads, it includes tools for automation, virtualization, high availability, cloud-native development, Kubernetes, and more.
Oracle Linux, 9 Update 5 for Intel, AMD (x86_64), and 64-bit Arm (aarch64) platforms is now generally available. This version is equipped with the following kernel options:
Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) version 7 Update 3, 5.15.0-302.167.6 for x86_64 platforms and Red Hat Compatible aarch64 Kernel (RHCK), 5.14.0-503.11.1 for x86_64 platforms
protection
OpenSSL has been updated to version 3.2.2 – This important update includes improved cryptographic processes and improved RSA public key handling. Additionally, it introduces updated and additional security algorithms to increase security options, aligns code with FIPS 140-3 standards to help enhance security and compliance, and includes several patches for critical issues such as buffer overflows, memory leaks, and denial of service vulnerabilities.
OpenSSH has been updated to version 8.7p1-43 – Notably, you can now configure default key sizes for ssh host key generation.
The SCAP Security Guide has been updated to version 0.1.74, which includes STIG profiles compliant with the latest DISA STIG policies. The ism_o profile for Oracle Linux 9 systems has been introduced to cover the Australian Cyber ​​Security Center's Information Security Guidelines.
Compilers and development tools
System Java has been updated to OpenJDK 17 – The default Oracle Linux 9 Java has been changed from OpenJDK 11 to OpenJDK 17. After this update, the java-17-openjdk packages, which provide the Java OpenJDK 17 runtime environment and the Java OpenJDK 17 SDK, will be updated. It also provides Java and Java-devel packages.
.NET has been updated to version 9.0 – In this version, .NET has been updated to version 9.0 which enables C#13 and F#9 programming languages. This release also includes performance improvements to the garbage collector, Just-In-Time compiler, and core libraries. Several notable additions and improvements include ML.NET for machine learning, .NET Aspire for creating cloud-ready distributed applications, and updates to ASP.NET Core that improve authentication and authorization.
GCC Toolkit 14 is available as an application pipeline in the form of a software package in the AppStream repository. The following tools and versions are available in the GCC Toolkit version:
GCC 14.2.1 Pinotils 2.41 Dos 0.14 Anubine 12.70
For more details, read the release notes.
