Fedora 22: kernel Security Update 2015-c1c2f5e168
Summary
The kernel meta package
Update Information:
The 4.2.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1282688 - CVE-2013-7446 kernel: Unix sockets use after free - peer_wait_queue prematurely freed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282688 [ 2 ] Bug #1291329 - kernel: Permission bypass on overlayfs during copy_up https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291329 [ 3 ] Bug #1291197 - CVE-2015-7550 kernel: User triggerable crash from race between key read and rey revoke https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1291197 [ 4 ] Bug #1290475 - CVE-2015-8543 kernel: IPv6 connect causes DoS via NULL pointer dereference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1290475
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 .