Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461

Fedora 24: 2017-787bc0d5b4 Moderate Kernel Security Update

fedora
Calendar Grey February 20, 2017
Scroller Fedora
The Ubuntu 20.04 kernel patch resolves significant vulnerabilities to improve overall performance and protection.
The 4.9.10 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.9.10 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Fedora security fix kernel system stability

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1421638 - CVE-2017-5970 kernel: ipv4: Invalid IP options could cause skb->dst drop https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638 [ 2 ] Bug #1422138 - CVE-2017-5967 kernel: Time subsystem allows local users to discover real PID values https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422138

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

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 4.9.10
Release: 100.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Fedora security fix kernel system stability

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.