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Fedora 24: 2017-15fbaf2450 Critical: Kernel Race Condition

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Calendar Grey March 28, 2017
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Important kernel patches for Fedora 24 made available to tackle several vulnerabilities. Uncover the specifics of the security enhancements and follow the installation guide.
The 4.9.17 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.16 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.15 update contains a...

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.9.17 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.16 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.15 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.14 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora software fix race condition kernel

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1432429 - CVE-2017-6874 kernel: Race condition in kernel/ucount.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1432429

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: 4.9.17
Release: 100.fc24
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical Fedora software fix race condition kernel

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