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Fedora 23: 2016-a820774fc2 Critical: Kernel Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey December 6, 2016
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Kernel refresh for Fedora 23 resolves urgent vulnerabilities along with major stability improvements. Protect your system!
The 4.8.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.8.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Fedora kernel patch critical update

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1395187 - CVE-2016-8650 kernel: Null pointer dereference via keyctl https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395187

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade kernel' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 23
Version: 4.8.11
Release: 100.fc23
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Fedora kernel patch critical update

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