Oracle-Linux-9.8-Gen2-GPU-2026.10.16-0

  • Image Family: Oracle Linux 9.x
  • Operating System: Oracle Linux
  • Release Date: October 19, 2026

Release Notes

Notable Changes

The following changes are notable in this image update:

  • Includes OS updates for bug fixes and security patches.

Note that changes to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure can occur outside of the release of a particular image but could impact an image. For information about changes that are specific to Oracle Linux images but which occur outside of the image release schedule, see General Notices for Oracle Linux Images.

For more information on Oracle Linux 9.8, see https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/oracle-linux/9/relnotes9.8/

Licensing Information

License files for this image are located in /usr/share/licenses.

Software Errata

Oracle releases important changes to the Oracle Linux software as individual package updates, known as errata. For more information, see Software Errata

For a consolidated list of the various features, tools and documentation relating to security and Oracle Linux, see Oracle Linux Security. To be notified when new errata packages are released, you can subscribe to the Oracle Linux errata mailing lists at https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/el-errata.

NVIDIA Fabric Manager, CUDA Packages, and CUDNN Library Information

The NVIDIA Fabric Manager, CUDA development packages, and CUDNN runtime library are installed in this image. These packages are available at the following versions:

  • CUDA: 13-4-13.4.2-1.x86_64
  • CUDNN: 8.9.7.29-1.cuda12.2.x86_64
  • Fabric Manager: 615.71.09-1.el9.x86_64

Package Updates

The following package updates have been made in this image release.

New packages:

  • perl-Unicode-Normalize-1.27-461.el9.x86_64

Modified packages:

  • bubblewrap updated from 0.6.3-1.el9.x86_64 to 0.6.3-1.el9_8.1.x86_64
  • ca-certificates updated from 2025.2.80_v9.0.305-91.el9.noarch to 2026.2.92_v9.0.319-90.3.el9_8.noarch
  • curl updated from 7.76.1-40.el9_8.7.x86_64 to 7.76.1-40.el9_8.8.x86_64
  • emacs-filesystem updated from 27.2-18.el9_8.2.noarch to 27.2-18.el9_8.3.noarch
  • environment-modules updated from 5.3.0-2.el9.x86_64 to 5.3.0-2.el9_8.1.x86_64
  • expat updated from 2.5.0-6.el9_8.5.x86_64 to 2.5.0-6.el9_8.7.x86_64
  • iwl100-firmware updated from 39.31.5.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 39.31.5.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl1000-firmware updated from 39.31.5.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 39.31.5.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl105-firmware updated from 18.168.6.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 18.168.6.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl135-firmware updated from 18.168.6.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 18.168.6.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl2000-firmware updated from 18.168.6.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 18.168.6.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl2030-firmware updated from 18.168.6.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 18.168.6.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl3160-firmware updated from 25.30.13.0-999.48.el9.noarch to 25.30.13.0-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl5000-firmware updated from 8.83.5.1_1-999.48.el9.noarch to 8.83.5.1_1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl5150-firmware updated from 8.24.2.2-999.48.el9.noarch to 8.24.2.2-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl6000g2a-firmware updated from 18.168.6.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 18.168.6.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl6050-firmware updated from 41.28.5.1-999.48.el9.noarch to 41.28.5.1-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwl7260-firmware updated from 25.30.13.0-999.48.el9.noarch to 25.30.13.0-999.50.el9.noarch
  • iwlax2xx-firmware updated from 20260615-999.48.el9.noarch to 20261001-999.50.el9.noarch
  • kernel updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-core updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-devel updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-devel-matched updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-headers updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-modules updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-modules-core updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-tools updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-tools-libs updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • kernel-uek updated from 5.15.0-325.221.6.1.el9uek.x86_64 to 5.15.0-325.221.6.6.el9uek.x86_64
  • kernel-uek-core updated from 5.15.0-325.221.6.1.el9uek.x86_64 to 5.15.0-325.221.6.6.el9uek.x86_64
  • kernel-uek-devel updated from 5.15.0-325.221.6.1.el9uek.x86_64 to 5.15.0-325.221.6.6.el9uek.x86_64
  • kernel-uek-modules updated from 5.15.0-325.221.6.1.el9uek.x86_64 to 5.15.0-325.221.6.6.el9uek.x86_64
  • libcurl updated from 7.76.1-40.el9_8.7.x86_64 to 7.76.1-40.el9_8.8.x86_64
  • libcusolver updated from 13-4-12.3.4.7-1.x86_64 to 13-4-12.3.5.3-1.x86_64
  • libcusolver-devel updated from 13-4-12.3.4.7-1.x86_64 to 13-4-12.3.5.3-1.x86_64
  • libnvsdm updated from 615.71.09-1.el9.x86_64 to 615.71.10-1.el9.x86_64
  • librsvg2 updated from 2.50.7-3.el9.x86_64 to 2.50.7-3.el9_8.1.x86_64
  • librsvg2-tools updated from 2.50.7-3.el9.x86_64 to 2.50.7-3.el9_8.1.x86_64
  • libsoup updated from 2.72.0-16.el9_8.3.x86_64 to 2.72.0-16.el9_8.8.x86_64
  • linux-firmware updated from 20260615-999.48.gite7eb98af.el9.noarch to 20261001-999.50.git965ee9b6.el9.noarch
  • linux-firmware-core updated from 20260615-999.48.gite7eb98af.el9.noarch to 20261001-999.50.git965ee9b6.el9.noarch
  • linux-firmware-whence updated from 20260615-999.48.gite7eb98af.el9.noarch to 20261001-999.50.git965ee9b6.el9.noarch
  • oci-linux-config updated from 2.0-1.0.19.el9.noarch to 2.0-1.0.20.el9.noarch
  • openssh updated from 9.9p1-12.0.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 9.9p1-13.0.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • openssh-clients updated from 9.9p1-12.0.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 9.9p1-13.0.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • openssh-server updated from 9.9p1-12.0.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 9.9p1-13.0.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • pcre2 updated from 10.40-6.0.1.el9.x86_64 to 10.40-7.0.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • pcre2-syntax updated from 10.40-6.0.1.el9.noarch to 10.40-7.0.1.el9_8.noarch
  • perf updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • perl-URI updated from 5.09-3.el9.noarch to 5.09-3.el9_8.1.noarch
  • python3-perf updated from 5.14.0-687.54.1.el9_8.x86_64 to 5.14.0-687.58.1.el9_8.x86_64
  • python39-oci-sdk updated from 2.187.0-1.0.3.el9.x86_64 to 2.187.0-1.0.5.el9.x86_64
  • rpcbind updated from 1.2.6-7.el9.x86_64 to 1.2.6-7.el9_8.1.x86_64
  • selinux-policy updated from 38.1.75-2.0.1.el9_8.noarch to 38.1.75-2.0.1.el9_8.1.noarch
  • selinux-policy-targeted updated from 38.1.75-2.0.1.el9_8.noarch to 38.1.75-2.0.1.el9_8.1.noarch
  • webkit2gtk3-jsc updated from 2.54.0-1.el9_8.x86_64 to 2.54.1-1.el9_8.x86_64
  • xorg-x11-server-Xorg updated from 1.20.11-34.el9_8.3.x86_64 to 1.20.11-34.el9_8.5.x86_64
  • xorg-x11-server-common updated from 1.20.11-34.el9_8.3.x86_64 to 1.20.11-34.el9_8.5.x86_64

Image OCIDs

Region OCID
af-casablanca-1 ocid1.image.oc1.af-casablanca-1.aaaaaaaan7fdsqq6firwweyu5osrbmp3ulgyglpkkhmywgho2qpekopz5j7q
af-johannesburg-1 ocid1.image.oc1.af-johannesburg-1.aaaaaaaaib43ebjpbpqggms34tqg4fde2t6sqtjjq2csxc2jc3gz2jktbfra
ap-batam-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-batam-1.aaaaaaaa27mcm244yyma3zfbbk3z5mjiylbfeqx6qtcz7pjr7w7kvukq3lza
ap-chennai-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-chennai-1.aaaaaaaa2rtqsnd3yim2wsqedepkcbyw6jxl6b3qsi74q6qooeziqijn3req
ap-chuncheon-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-chuncheon-1.aaaaaaaaklqtolbefxrvt6wxb26sek2aq2sdry3zkpul7oqjdgmik7ijx7qq
ap-delhi-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-delhi-1.aaaaaaaabxujyey6peyvbh5uvjtzmzi5jgeqifg7c2yzsq3qfd555zwpmwaa
ap-hyderabad-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-hyderabad-1.aaaaaaaabnwdfi3dr5tzgbvnvigjsma4lkicl3dhvebz6vaugsz4rwvkvrka
ap-kulai-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-kulai-1.aaaaaaaaxfk6vgz5y74uouhcn7rkq32lwq7goyzmfxunpak4yorjviszbbyq
ap-kulai-2 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-kulai-2.aaaaaaaabtkih4fel63oqo6i25n2xfjuypysb42punhknizpyjjqttdrvaya
ap-melbourne-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-melbourne-1.aaaaaaaaqg4yrjlj5eqixok75sth5smlcbjqugcz4txqnpmwifah6wgy5b7a
ap-mumbai-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-mumbai-1.aaaaaaaajkwiwuhjorn6mmfumvdaisixqpkhupe6xmkmhr5ec5pbqz5t5wtq
ap-osaka-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-osaka-1.aaaaaaaakbqo7diiy4l4h2ujwq4s4bepqbblunrue3dpl5vixq6slpye2lgq
ap-seoul-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-seoul-1.aaaaaaaazo3gvg2dznu2juor5qczozhppnks3vyaz24cm635tzzr3f2zfrua
ap-singapore-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-singapore-1.aaaaaaaaeyb3jaqvp5bzed7p7p6y76m5lyu36xchzlbiwduott5v245xuooa
ap-singapore-2 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-singapore-2.aaaaaaaaunyooeb7fksanvx7dit4vbpx4aweb7uzxlzay2eug7w3pv454etq
ap-sydney-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-sydney-1.aaaaaaaa5ssi7giokko7w34eylbrlfst2ohi2e32lygqesify63bg62hgimq
ap-tokyo-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ap-tokyo-1.aaaaaaaafmbqeenre3xatznqhouxd76wk5ntg7omk4rx7tb6c6rut4bsplyq
ca-montreal-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ca-montreal-1.aaaaaaaanc7iiuikiiy3zx2xp4izwqtn6lapzguy2zm2u7gmjcfvpgcdz2sq
ca-toronto-1 ocid1.image.oc1.ca-toronto-1.aaaaaaaaze35otv5ylzvhiid4syil2na3tv7icrfja2y6txdvmijplzceqqq
eu-amsterdam-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-amsterdam-1.aaaaaaaa2s57wpx4vjxxch6oyehy5oc277qlkgpasyydwelryi7sh7y2n4sa
eu-dublin-3 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-dublin-3.aaaaaaaan4xevdigbp6jugdfjwxhdaiclv5wllgraym4bdzhtthughawotxq
eu-frankfurt-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-frankfurt-1.aaaaaaaa7w2cxx7xa6fgxfvvbruwllk2skskooj25dtgftkry7id572z4eka
eu-madrid-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-madrid-1.aaaaaaaatyhujewrgv4hshpsrlces6opm54at5sii24pllm6brd3f5r3s72q
eu-madrid-3 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-madrid-3.aaaaaaaave3yktyqmcvmlsf5v4splybnqeilwtimiyy7ogldg5uu6q24ezxa
eu-marseille-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-marseille-1.aaaaaaaayodlpifpjosqeuh7vjliulaw7w7oamgns2z3fbq7duxjzcnxaucq
eu-milan-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-milan-1.aaaaaaaasw52vvtq34bxfrcokcrrqx7rhzsne5cqe7zdzjpjdiygawbf2vna
eu-paris-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-paris-1.aaaaaaaayagmofo6vjjrdixe7agb377kpuuavuoypewoxzlawx6f4i2flyda
eu-stockholm-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-stockholm-1.aaaaaaaaiisstwc6qnxitilfnmekcnf4kjbwqchul5o3auxiphtpdsc7737q
eu-turin-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-turin-1.aaaaaaaa2uu3sicb7pasowi4hiq4qx3xsypgmgv4d3zzr2gfe5b52xmr77eq
eu-zurich-1 ocid1.image.oc1.eu-zurich-1.aaaaaaaacsr4x464te75n5jtf7t2ymxqufht3q32q27377p3r3ponth3noya
il-jerusalem-1 ocid1.image.oc1.il-jerusalem-1.aaaaaaaaciiy6x5ujsfmixejh34ibzqkyqqrqcitpv4hv7iadi3lhjnt4zya
me-abudhabi-1 ocid1.image.oc1.me-abudhabi-1.aaaaaaaakrrozl2ug3fpejx3jl3yaxmzspdrkyitz3cpnx4bipsm3ek7gsea
me-dubai-1 ocid1.image.oc1.me-dubai-1.aaaaaaaa4cz3js5y2dclkutyckz3nrha3eb2gjkcjdmtwtyvcnd6mvvvg7lq
me-jeddah-1 ocid1.image.oc1.me-jeddah-1.aaaaaaaavnxtf77n47ats4twqc5p2at44qsjlf4it6ir5xm4sbdu5qc64alq
me-riyadh-1 ocid1.image.oc1.me-riyadh-1.aaaaaaaa4poa4pkz2iwxaxzgkzpvmn5q5tdzylt7x5tktbhaihb73y5vnmxa
mx-monterrey-1 ocid1.image.oc1.mx-monterrey-1.aaaaaaaau4am4i3y75jq5x2xjoaavizjwluuyiql34tmpbfmdqz24vqtb62q
mx-queretaro-1 ocid1.image.oc1.mx-queretaro-1.aaaaaaaatbns66ctqj62kwah3q6n35bo2fz3eph7sgkjr42ny24emzfzsdnq
sa-bogota-1 ocid1.image.oc1.sa-bogota-1.aaaaaaaalwdgytw3zatdxdnekr7kes7b4ioxlmv5llvgpt6e6ad7iwpyzgmq
sa-riodejaneiro-2 ocid1.image.oc1.sa-riodejaneiro-2.aaaaaaaa65i6w33rultariu2hjkdyq5yyntpnmwebtro5h552xuaf46powgq
sa-santiago-1 ocid1.image.oc1.sa-santiago-1.aaaaaaaar3r5z3252kwcsi2oeqpsjy7q4wg76eu3dn6klx7u5uca3qlymaia
sa-saopaulo-1 ocid1.image.oc1.sa-saopaulo-1.aaaaaaaaajyt6zjqtfxm2mlzs2zd7gp4r2kwkf6clm7ipyj2tvw54jtsawza
sa-valparaiso-1 ocid1.image.oc1.sa-valparaiso-1.aaaaaaaa6ah6yqzfs66bknn6qhyrtyeo4baf7fhh4qgc7rqeur2xkup3wewa
sa-vinhedo-1 ocid1.image.oc1.sa-vinhedo-1.aaaaaaaa24fgo6o6inyeg7s54atcehqw6mqlgkqwskakyboszkkf3nkj53hq
uk-cardiff-1 ocid1.image.oc1.uk-cardiff-1.aaaaaaaahzbzzf4qpksg3gmq73yem3n7in4wycxs4lf4sfhzmtsg66m5j5ta
uk-london-1 ocid1.image.oc1.uk-london-1.aaaaaaaapllvrknx4mqnqyeouws5igfdec34ywyvg66kvoltm6dvmj5lt5ra
us-abilene-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-abilene-1.aaaaaaaaatbv2jcix25zet6hoghurkfy7zmal6ek4r25m7gunytzbguxu47a
us-ashburn-1 ocid1.image.oc1.iad.aaaaaaaaglkc56bqxns2z3oxla5jz7plfra7mkxga4gpbgz3lsrsrvk3xdva
us-boardman-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-boardman-1.aaaaaaaaqxdf2yubdrteyrf35n3m4y5bijn3wxe7uffwayqmywob7f26rjmq
us-chicago-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-chicago-1.aaaaaaaadxmnncs56emab7nvjsl3cejvt6rxk6vw54plam5prcvfsvnbv4fq
us-columbus-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-columbus-1.aaaaaaaazmarydc3eoul6dnez4fz6z6f75c742a7qhosyohopmex5zyjfmiq
us-dallas-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-dallas-1.aaaaaaaa4yirg55z5is7mjhdm7grtpclpm3q3mhtp22mtzkgxs4luj3sftna
us-desmoines-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-desmoines-1.aaaaaaaa77sehisnyebrekrs3t7o6i4meh2abm3rml3v4tlp7b2driniem7q
us-lenexa-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-lenexa-1.aaaaaaaaxhqgzjidzkkkm47f5j3ouigv243scgpmbusrmg2vqiwe4ndjtswa
us-phoenix-1 ocid1.image.oc1.phx.aaaaaaaauho6qo6nl7eddw6pjlt43o75kqjj33d5fkxhbit57qfdjczgkcqq
us-quincy-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-quincy-1.aaaaaaaanvgpxgrrl4pk6nh7j7l4234mt73ukhy3igeyaxk3ngjdzoafiejq
us-saltlake-2 ocid1.image.oc1.us-saltlake-2.aaaaaaaaojgamvmyyvadj25t2zh43jamb7zzpthud6z2hoeslnlxndfnjc2a
us-sanantonio-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-sanantonio-1.aaaaaaaakdq6csllqok7fn3fpnqrkrks4h54ujeobosu5mpoi5nrertlfzaq
us-sanjose-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-sanjose-1.aaaaaaaanmeqp2brii2dbflaxrep7pokx3daqfk24umflmof6mhiiniuvczq
us-shawnee-1 ocid1.image.oc1.us-shawnee-1.aaaaaaaa5aw7mcyn4rvgsyq2m4rj74hra4hj2ge3vzu5yza65jfmz7ncyusq