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Fedora 21 Kernel Update 2015-15933: Critical DoS Fix Released

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2015
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New kernel patch issued for Fedora 21 aimed at addressing DoS flaws and improving overall performance reliability.
The 4.1.7 update contains a number of important updates across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.1.7 update contains a number of important updates across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora DoS kernel fix

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1256746 - CVE-2015-6666 kernel: Linux x86_64 NT flag handling optimization allowing DoS https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256746

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 .

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Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 4.1.7
Release: 100.fc21
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora DoS kernel fix

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