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Fedora 24: 2016-14c4187e3a Critical: Kernel NULL Pointer Dereference

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 24's kernel upgrade addresses major vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel, enhancing overall security and system reliability.
The 4.8.7 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.8.7 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update Fedora bug fix kernel system stability

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1393350 - CVE-2016-8630 kernel: kvm: x86: NULL pointer dereference during instruction decode https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393350

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 24
Version: 4.8.7
Release: 200.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update Fedora bug fix kernel system stability

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