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Fedora 23 Kernel Update 2016-8a1f49149e Critical Buffer Overflow Fix

fedora
Calendar Grey April 27, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Security enhancement for Fedora 23 kernel, featuring vital updates such as a significant fix for buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
The 4.4.8 update contains an number of important fixes across the tree

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.4.8 update contains an number of important fixes across the tree

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Fedora security fix kernel

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1323956 - CVE-2016-3961 xsa174 xen: hugetlbfs use may crash PV Linux guests (XSA-174) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1323956 [ 2 ] Bug #1328478 - CVE-2016-3955 Kernel: usbip: buffer overflow by trusting length of incoming packets https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1328478

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: 4.4.8
Release: 300.fc23
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow Fedora security fix kernel

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