Fedora 20: kernel Security Update 2015-5024
Summary
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
Update Information:
The 3.19.3 rebase contains improved hardware support, a number of new features, and many important fixes across the tree.
Change Log
* Fri Mar 27 2015 Justin M. Forbes
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1204729 - CVE-2015-2672 kernel: unprivileged denial-of-service due to mis-protected xsave/xrstor instructions https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204729 [ 2 ] Bug #1204722 - CVE-2015-2666 kernel: execution in the early microcode loader https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1204722 [ 3 ] Bug #1181166 - CVE-2014-8159 kernel: infiniband: uverbs: unprotected physical memory access https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181166 [ 4 ] Bug #1196266 - CVE-2015-2150 xen: non-maskable interrupts triggerable by guests (xsa120) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1196266 [ 5 ] Bug #1195355 - CVE-2015-2042 kernel: rds: information handling flaw in rds sysctl files. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195355
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .