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Critical Kernel Update Details for Fedora 24 Version 4.8.8 Released

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The kernel revision 5.14.2 for Fedora 35 provides essential improvements to boost operational efficiency and reinforce protection protocols.
The 4.8.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.8.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update Fedora critical fix kernel system performance

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1393904 - CVE-2016-8645 kernel: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904

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: 4.8.8
Release: 200.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update Fedora critical fix kernel system performance

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