Fedora 21: Critical NULL Pointer Threat Resolved with Kernel Update
fedora
October 3, 2015
kernel-4.1.8-100.fc21 - Linux v4.1.8
Summary
The kernel meta package
Update Information:
kernel-4.1.8-100.fc21 - Linux v4.1.8
Topics Covered
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1263139 - CVE-2015-6937 kernel: net: rds: NULL pointer dereference in net/rds/connection.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263139
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: 4.1.8
Release: 100.fc21
Summary: The Linux kernel
Topics Covered
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