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Fedora 23: 2016-5aff4a6bbc Critical Kernel Update and Bug Fixes

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Calendar Grey December 13, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Ubuntu 20.04 kernel patch resolves major vulnerabilities and enhances overall performance through essential updates and optimizations.
The 4.8.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.8.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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security advisory update critical Fedora bug fix kernel system fix

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1400019 - CVE-2016-8655 kernel: Race condition in packet_set_ring leads to use after free https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 [ 2 ] Bug #1402013 - CVE-2016-9793 kernel: Signed overflow for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402013 [ 3 ] Bug #1403145 - CVE-2016-9576 kernel: Use after free in SCSI generic device interface https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403145

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: 4.8.13
Release: 100.fc23
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora bug fix kernel system fix

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