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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-10677
2015-06-25 06:00:33
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 4.0.6
Release     : 300.fc22
URL         : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 4.0.6 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Jun 23 2015 Justin M. Forbes  - 4.0.6-300
- Linux v4.0.6
* Thu Jun 18 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Add patch to fix touchpad issues on Razer machines (rhbz 1227891)
* Fri Jun 12 2015 Josh Boyer 
- CVE-2015-XXXX kvm: NULL ptr deref in kvm_apic_has_events (rhbz 1230770 1230774)
* Thu Jun 11 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Backport fixes for synaptic 3 finger tap (rhbz 1212230)
- Backport btrfs fixes queued for stable (rhbz 1217191)
* Tue Jun  9 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Fix touchpad for Thinkpad S540 (rhbz 1223051)
* Mon Jun  8 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Linux v4.0.5
* Thu Jun  4 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Backport commit to fix block spew (rhbz 1226621)
- Add patch to fix SMT guests on POWER7 (rhbz 1227877)
- Add patch to turn of WC mmaps on i915 from airlied (rhbz 1226743)
* Wed Jun  3 2015 Laura Abbott 
- Fix del_timer_sync in mwifiex
* Wed Jun  3 2015 Laura Abbott 
- Drop that blasted firwmare warning until we get a real fix (rhbz 1133378)
* Wed Jun  3 2015 Laura Abbott 
- Fix auditing of canonical mode (rhbz 1188695)
* Wed Jun  3 2015 Josh Boyer 
- CVE-2015-1420 fhandle race condition (rhbz 1187534 1227417)
* Tue Jun  2 2015 Laura Abbott 
- Fix fd_do_rw error (rhbz 1218882)
* Tue Jun  2 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Fix middle button issues on external Lenovo keyboards (rhbz 1225563)
* Thu May 28 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Add quirk for Mac Pro backlight (rhbz 1217249)
* Thu May 28 2015 Josh Boyer  - 4.0.4-303
- Add patch to avoid vmmouse being classified as a joystic (rhbz 1214474)
* Wed May 27 2015 Josh Boyer  -4.0.4-302
- Apply queued fixes for crasher reported by Alex Larsson
- Enable in-kernel vmmouse driver (rhbz 1214474)
* Tue May 26 2015 Laura Abbott 
- Fix signed division error (rhbz 1200353)
* Tue May 26 2015 Josh Boyer 
- Backport patch to fix might_sleep splat (rhbz 1220519)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1230770 - CVE-2015-4692 kernel: kvm x86: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_apic_has_events function
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770
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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 2015-10677

June 27, 2015
The 4.0.6 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.0.6 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Change Log

* Tue Jun 23 2015 Justin M. Forbes - 4.0.6-300 - Linux v4.0.6 * Thu Jun 18 2015 Josh Boyer - Add patch to fix touchpad issues on Razer machines (rhbz 1227891) * Fri Jun 12 2015 Josh Boyer - CVE-2015-XXXX kvm: NULL ptr deref in kvm_apic_has_events (rhbz 1230770 1230774) * Thu Jun 11 2015 Josh Boyer - Backport fixes for synaptic 3 finger tap (rhbz 1212230) - Backport btrfs fixes queued for stable (rhbz 1217191) * Tue Jun 9 2015 Josh Boyer - Fix touchpad for Thinkpad S540 (rhbz 1223051) * Mon Jun 8 2015 Josh Boyer - Linux v4.0.5 * Thu Jun 4 2015 Josh Boyer - Backport commit to fix block spew (rhbz 1226621) - Add patch to fix SMT guests on POWER7 (rhbz 1227877) - Add patch to turn of WC mmaps on i915 from airlied (rhbz 1226743) * Wed Jun 3 2015 Laura Abbott - Fix del_timer_sync in mwifiex * Wed Jun 3 2015 Laura Abbott - Drop that blasted firwmare warning until we get a real fix (rhbz 1133378) * Wed Jun 3 2015 Laura Abbott - Fix auditing of canonical mode (rhbz 1188695) * Wed Jun 3 2015 Josh Boyer - CVE-2015-1420 fhandle race condition (rhbz 1187534 1227417) * Tue Jun 2 2015 Laura Abbott - Fix fd_do_rw error (rhbz 1218882) * Tue Jun 2 2015 Josh Boyer - Fix middle button issues on external Lenovo keyboards (rhbz 1225563) * Thu May 28 2015 Josh Boyer - Add quirk for Mac Pro backlight (rhbz 1217249) * Thu May 28 2015 Josh Boyer - 4.0.4-303 - Add patch to avoid vmmouse being classified as a joystic (rhbz 1214474) * Wed May 27 2015 Josh Boyer -4.0.4-302 - Apply queued fixes for crasher reported by Alex Larsson - Enable in-kernel vmmouse driver (rhbz 1214474) * Tue May 26 2015 Laura Abbott - Fix signed division error (rhbz 1200353) * Tue May 26 2015 Josh Boyer - Backport patch to fix might_sleep splat (rhbz 1220519)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1230770 - CVE-2015-4692 kernel: kvm x86: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_apic_has_events function https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230770

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 : 4.0.6
Release : 300.fc22
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel