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Fedora 24: 2016-4ce97823af Critical: Kernel Update for Information Leak

fedora
Calendar Grey May 8, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Enhance Fedora 24 kernel by incorporating critical patches from the 4.5.3 stable release to mitigate vulnerabilities adequately.
The 4.5.3 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.5.3 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak Fedora kernel patch system update fixes

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1332931 - CVE-2016-4482 kernel: information leak in devio.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332931

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 24
Version: 4.5.3
Release: 300.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory information leak Fedora kernel patch system update fixes

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