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Fedora 24 Kernel Update 2017-2e1f3694b2 Moderate: CVE Fixes

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 24 Kernel Enhancement tackles various vulnerabilities and minor bug resolutions to improve overall system reliability and security.
This is an update containing several CVE and other misc fixes

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

This is an update containing several CVE and other misc fixes

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate fedora kernel system update severity CVE fixes

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1428907 - CVE-2017-6353 kernel: Possible double free in stcp_sendmsg() (incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428907 [ 2 ] Bug #1427239 - CVE-2017-5669 kernel: Shmat allows mmap null page protection bypass https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427239

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

Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 4.9.13
Release: 101.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate fedora kernel system update severity CVE fixes

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