Supported architecture, erratas, and repositories

The various features of Patch for Oracle Linux™ apply differently for each Oracle Linux site.

BigFix® Patch for Oracle Linux™ supports security, bug fix, and enhancement erratas of Oracle Linux. An errata is an individual package update that Oracle releases for important changes to Oracle Linux. Errata packages can contain security, bug fix, and feature enhancement advisories. To learn more about Oracle Linux erratas, see Errata Summary. BigFix® Patch for Oracle Linux™ supports erratas that are released for the following Oracle Linux repositories.

Table 1. Applicable features for each Patches for Oracle Linux site
Patches for Oracle Linux site Supported architecture Supported repositories
Patches for Oracle Linux 6 X86-64, i386
  • Latest
  • UEK Release 4
  • UEK Release 3
  • UEK Release 2
  • Add-ons
  • OFED (UEK Release 4)
  • OFED 2.0
  • OpenStack 1.0
  • Ceph 1.0
  • Spacewalk 2.4 Server
  • Spacewalk 2.2 Server
  • Spacewalk 2.0 Server
  • Spacewalk 2.4 Client
  • Spacewalk 2.2 Client
  • Spacewalk 2.0 Client
  • Software Collection 1.2
  • MySQL 5.7
  • MySQL 5.6
  • MySQL 5.5
  • GDM Multiseat
Patches for Oracle Linux 7 X86-64
  • Latest
  • UEK Release 6
  • UEK Release 5
  • UEK Release 4
  • UEK Release 3
  • Optional Latest
  • OFED (UEK Release 4)
  • OFED 2.0
  • Add-ons
  • OpenStack 2.0
  • Ceph 1.0
  • Spacewalk 2.2 Client
  • Software Collection 1.2
  • MySQL 5.7
  • MySQL 5.6
  • MySQL 5.5
Patches for Oracle Linux 8 x86-64
  • Latest
  • Appstream
  • Addons
  • Codeready-builder
  • BaseOS GA
  • 8.1 BaseOS
  • 8.2 BaseOS
  • Spacewalk Client 2.10
  • UEKR6
  • UEKR7
  • Developer
Patches for Oracle Linux 9 x86-64
  • Latest
  • Appstream
  • Addons
  • Codeready-builder
  • BaseOS GA
  • 9.1 BaseOS
  • 9.2 BaseOS
  • 9.3 BaseOS
  • UEKR7
  • Developer
Patches for Oracle Linux 10 x86-64
  • Latest
  • Appstream
  • Addons
  • Codeready-builder
  • BaseOS GA
  • 10.1 BaseOS
  • UEKR8
  • Developer
Note:

The contents in the CodeReady Builder and Developer repositories are designed for development purposes, and Oracle does not recommend their use in production environments.

Oracle Linux 6 has reached its End of Life (EOL) on March 31, 2021 which means Oracle will no longer provide updates for Oracle Linux 6.

Oracle Linux 7 has reached its End of Life (EOL) on December 31, 2024 which means Oracle will no longer provide updates for Oracle Linux 7.

To browse the list of available Oracle Linux packages, see the following references.
Note: You must use BigFix version 9.5 and later to use BigFix Patch for Oracle Linux.

BigFix Patch uses the BigFix RHEL agent version 9.5.2.

BigFix supports both the Red Hat Compatible kernel and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) that Oracle Linux offers.

Note: Some repositories are not enabled by default since they might break Oracle Enterprise Linux upstream compatibility. Users might encounter errors regarding missing packages. For more information, see Frequently Asked Questions.