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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-c1c2f5e168
2015-12-22 07:00:25.108269
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 4.2.8
Release     : 200.fc22
URL         : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 4.2.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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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
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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 .

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Fedora 22: kernel Security Update 2015-c1c2f5e168

December 22, 2015
The 4.2.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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 .

Severity
Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 22
Version : 4.2.8
Release : 200.fc22
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel

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