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Fedora 23: 2015-43145298f4 Critical: Kernel Update Access Issue

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Calendar Grey October 9, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Version 4.2.3 of the kernel now available for Fedora 23 introduces essential updates and vital security enhancements addressing existing vulnerabilities.
The 4.2.3 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.2.3 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. kernel-4.2.3-300.fc23 - Linux v4.2.3 - Netdev fix race in resq_queue_unlink

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update critical Fedora security fix access issue system improvement

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1209367 - CVE-2015-2925 Kernel: vfs: Do not allow escaping from bind mounts https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1209367 [ 2 ] Bug #1268270 - CVE-2015-7613 kernel: Unauthorized access to IPC objects with SysV shm https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268270

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: 4.2.3
Release: 300.fc23
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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security advisory kernel update critical Fedora security fix access issue system improvement

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