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Oracle Security Patches and 
Recommended Patches
This section provides information about the recommended Oracle security 
patch updates and recommended patches.
Critical Patch Updates
Oracle releases quarterly Critical Patch Updates (CPUs) for fixing potential 
security vulnerabilities for Oracle products. These CPU patches are required 
to be applied to the production systems. 
Currently, the latest CPU patch for the Linux x86_64 platform is the 
Oracle 11g R1 11.1.0.7 Clusterware CPU patch 9369783. 
Recommended Patches
Dell recommends that you apply the Oracle-recommended database 
patchsets for the Linux x86_64 platform. For latest Oracle-recommended 
patches, see the Metalink Note #756671.1 on the My Oracle Support website 
at support.oracle.com. 
The current Oracle recommended patches for Oracle 11g R1 11.1.0.7 
Clusterware on Linux x86_64 are:
• 11.1.0.7 Generic Recommended Patch, Patch 9165206
• 11.1.0.7 CRS Recommended 11.1.0.7.2 CRS Patch Set Update 
(CRS
 PSU), Patch 9207257