Oracle PSU (and CPU/SPU) October 2015 got released

By Mike Dietrich-Oracle on Oct 22, 2015

October 21, 2015 - Oracle released the October 2015 SPU/CPU, PSU and BPs.
See:

• Patch Set Update Availability
  MOS Note:756671.1
  Oracle Recommended Patches -- Oracle Database
  .
• October 2015 PSU/CPU:
  MOS Note: 2037108.1
  Patch Set Update and Critical Patch Update October 2015 Availability Document
  .
• CPU Security Alerts October 2015
  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html
  .

For Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 and Oracle Grid Infrastructure access the PSUs from here - if you have only a single instance database you can safely take the Combo patch as you'll get downtime anyways - but for customers running RAC you need to evaluate the OJVM component as this will incur downtime which the database-only patch does not require as it can be applied rolling.

Patch Set Updates

Document	Description	Rolling RAC	Patch Download
Note:21555660.8	Oracle JavaVM Component 12.1.0.2.5 Database PSU (Oct 2015) (OJVM PSU)	No	Patch:21555660
Note:21520444.8	Combo of 12.1.0.2.5 OJVM PSU and 12.1.0.2.5 DB PSU (Oct 2015)	Part	Patch:21520444 No patch found at the moment [Mike]
Note:21359755.8	12.1.0.2.5 (Oct 2015) Database Patch Set Update (DB PSU)	Yes	Patch:21359755

Grid Infrastructure

Document	Description	Rolling RAC	Patch Download
Note:21523260.8	Combo of 12.1.0.2.5 OJVM PSU and 12.1.0.2.5 GI PSU (Oct 2015)	Part	Patch:21523260
Note:21523234.8	12.1.0.2.5 (Oct 2015) Grid Infrastructure Patch Set Update (GI PSU)	Yes	Patch:21523234

And be aware to patch your DBaaS Cloud databases as well - this is not done automatically

• MOS Note: 2068023.1
  ALERT: Customers with Database as a Service instances must apply a critical patch as soon as possible
  .

--Mike