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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-472052ebe5
2017-02-06 20:31:36.913264
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 25
Version     : 4.9.7
Release     : 201.fc25
URL         : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 4.9.7 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1417812 - CVE-2017-2596 Kernel: kvm: page reference leakage in handle_vmon
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812
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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

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
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Fedora 25: kernel Security Update 2017-472052ebe5

February 7, 2017
The 4.9.7 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.9.7 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

Change Log

References

[ 1 ] Bug #1417812 - CVE-2017-2596 Kernel: kvm: page reference leakage in handle_vmon https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1417812

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
Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 25
Version : 4.9.7
Release : 201.fc25
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel

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