OCI: OSMH Patching Job Fails with Error “Cannot find Ksplice Uptrack information”

Applies To:
Oracle Linux Cloud Service - Version Oracle Linux 8.5 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms:
The following error encountered while performing Ksplice kernel patching using OSMH.

Ksplice kernal patching failed with below error messages,

exit status 1:

Cannot find Ksplice Uptrack information for your kernel version

(5.15.0-300.161.13.el8uek.x86_64 #2 SMP Wed Jul 31 15:53:09 PDT 2024).

Your kernel is probably not yet supported by Ksplice Uptrack.

See http://www.ksplice.com/uptrack/supported-kernels for a summary of

what kernels are supported.

Please contact Oracle support with questions.

Cause:

The cause of the issue is attributed to the usage of a developer preview kernel version, specifically