OCI: ALX - Uptrack is Unable to Determine your Effective Kernel Version

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later

Oracle Autonomous Linux

Symptoms:

These messages are shown when a SSH connection is initialized.

Using username "opc".

Authenticating with public key "XXXXX-XXXXX" from agent

Welcome to Oracle Autonomous Linux

Uptrack is unable to determine your effective kernel version.
Please run '/usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -n' to update the effective

kernel data.
Please contact Oracle support for assistance if you are unable to resolve this error.
Falling back to original kernel version.
Effective kernel version is 5.15.0-210.163.7.el9uek.x86_64

Solution:

A non-production ready UEK kernel was installed manually without Oracle’s consent.