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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-7371
2015-05-01 11:30:16
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 22
Version     : 4.0.1
Release     : 300.fc22
URL         : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 4.0.1 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1214030 - CVE-2015-3339 kernel: race condition between chown() and execve()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030
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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 22: kernel Security Update

May 3, 2015
The 4.0.1 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.0.1 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1214030 - CVE-2015-3339 kernel: race condition between chown() and execve() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1214030

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 : 4.0.1
Release : 300.fc22
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel

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