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Fedora 24: 2016-81fd1b03aa Critical Update for USB Kernel Problems

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Calendar Grey April 2, 2016
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Critical kernel patch released for Fedora 24 to resolve several flaws impacting system stability and security.
The 4.5.0-302 update contains a number of arm fixes, turns off DEBUG_WX, and actually seems to boot on i686.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.5.0-302 update contains a number of arm fixes, turns off DEBUG_WX, and actually seems to boot on i686.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora kernel system crash network threat USB issues

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1317386 - CVE-2016-3135 kernel: netfilter: size overflow in x_tables https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317386 [ 2 ] Bug #1317383 - CVE-2016-3134 kernel: netfilter: missing bounds check in ipt_entry structure https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317383 [ 3 ] Bug #1318172 - CVE-2016-3156 kernel: ipv4: denial of service when destroying a network interface https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318172 [ 4 ] Bug #1317012 - CVE-2016-2184 kernel: Kernel panic on invalid USB device descriptor (snd_usb_audio driver) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317012 [ 5 ] Bug #1316996 - CVE-2016-3137 kernel: Crash on invalid USB device descriptors (cypress_m8 driver) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316996 [ 6 ] Bug #1317015 - CVE-2016-2186 kernel: Kernel panic on invalid USB device descriptor (powermate driver) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317015 [ 7 ] Bug #1317014 ...

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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: 4.5.0
Release: 302.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora kernel system crash network threat USB issues

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