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Fedora 24: High Priority Fix for Kernel DoS Vulnerability in 2016

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Calendar Grey December 23, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest kernel upgrade in Fedora 24 introduces critical enhancements aimed at boosting security and overall system stability.
The 4.8.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.8.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS issue Fedora kernel system fix stable update

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1404924 - CVE-2016-9588 Kernel: kvm: nVMX: uncaught software exceptions in L1 guest leads to DoS https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924

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: 4.8.15
Release: 200.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory DoS issue Fedora kernel system fix stable update

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