OCI: Unable to find sctp module in uek7 kernel “ Module sctp not found.”

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

Unable to find module sctp in the UEK7 kernel.

$ modinfo sctp
modinfo: ERROR: Module sctp not found.
Service: ComputeSubcategory: Oracle Linux OS Issues

Cause

kernel-uek-modules-extra package that provides sctp module is not installed on the instance.

i.e kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-205.149.5.1.el9uek.x86_64

Solution

Install kernel-uek-modules-extra package using dnf utility.

$sudo dnf install kernel-uek-modules-extra-`uname -r`


$sudo modinfo sctp
filename:       /lib/modules/5.15.0-205.149.5.1.el9uek.x86_64/kernel/net/sctp/sctp.ko.xz
license:        GPL
description:    Support for the SCTP protocol (RFC2960)
author:         Linux Kernel SCTP developers <linux-sctp@vger.kernel.org>
alias:          net-pf-10-proto-132
alias:          net-pf-2-proto-132
srcversion:     A43CA80BDC48D7DAF604E9C
depends:        udp_tunnel,ip6_udp_tunnel
$sudo rpm -qf /lib/modules/5.15.0-205.149.5.1.el9uek.x86_64/kernel/net/sctp/sctp.ko.xz
kernel-uek-modules-extra-5.15.0-205.149.5.1.el9uek.x86_64