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Fedora 24: 2017-02174df32f Critical Kernel Threats Addressed

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Calendar Grey April 3, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A pivotal kernel patch for Fedora 24 resolves severe vulnerabilities, incorporating numerous enhancements and protective measures against potential risks.
The 4.10.8 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.10.8 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora bug fix critical threat kernel system stability

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1435153 - CVE-2017-7184 kernel: Out-of-bounds heap access in xfrm https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435153 [ 2 ] Bug #1436629 - CVE-2017-7277 kernel: Mishandling SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature causes out-of-bounds read https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436629 [ 3 ] Bug #1435719 - CVE-2017-7261 kernel: drm/vmwgfx: check that number of mip levels is above zero https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435719

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: 4.10.8
Release: 100.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora bug fix critical threat kernel system stability

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