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Fedora 23: 2015-16417 Critical: Kernel 4.2.1 Buffer Issue Fix

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2015
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Kernel 4.2.1 upgrade for Fedora 23 resolves several problems. Key security enhancements added. Keep safe!
The 4.2.1 stable update contains a number of bug fixes across the tree

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.2.1 stable update contains a number of bug fixes across the tree. kernel-4.2.1-300.fc23 - Linux v4.2.1

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security advisory kernel update Fedora bug fix critical fix system stability network issue

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 23
Version: 4.2.1
Release: 300.fc23
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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security advisory kernel update Fedora bug fix critical fix system stability network issue

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