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Fedora 22: 2015-16440 Critical: Kernel NULL Pointer Issue

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Calendar Grey October 3, 2015
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Fedora 22 rolls out kernel update to resolve significant NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in version 4.1.8.
kernel-4.1.8-200.fc22 - Linux v4.1.8

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

kernel-4.1.8-200.fc22 - Linux v4.1.8

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora software patch kernel system update NULL pointer

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 .

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Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 22
Version: 4.1.8
Release: 200.fc22
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora software patch kernel system update NULL pointer

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