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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-16441
2015-10-03 17:20:16.777329
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 4.1.8
Release     : 100.fc21
URL         : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

kernel-4.1.8-100.fc21  - Linux v4.1.8
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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
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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 .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 21: kernel Security Update 2015-16441

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

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 .

Severity
Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 21
Version : 4.1.8
Release : 100.fc21
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel

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