Fedora 23: 2015-16417 Critical: Kernel 4.2.1 Buffer Issue Fix
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September 24, 2015
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
Topics Covered
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
Summary: The Linux kernel
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