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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2016-107f03cc00 Critical: Kernel Update

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Calendar Grey December 13, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The Fedora 4.8.13 kernel update incorporates vital fixes for serious problems such as race conditions and potential use-after-free exploitations.
The 4.8.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.8.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update Fedora race condition kernel use after free

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1400019 - CVE-2016-8655 kernel: Race condition in packet_set_ring leads to use after free https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1400019 [ 2 ] Bug #1402013 - CVE-2016-9793 kernel: Signed overflow for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1402013 [ 3 ] Bug #1403145 - CVE-2016-9576 kernel: Use after free in SCSI generic device interface https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1403145

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 25
Version: 4.8.13
Release: 300.fc25
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue update Fedora race condition kernel use after free

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