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Ubuntu 19.04: 2021-f1234abcd5 High: System Access Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2017
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Kernel update 4.9.5 in Fedora 25 includes essential security patches, particularly addressing a significant privilege escalation vulnerability.
The 4.9.5 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.9.5 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora privilege escalation kernel

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1414735 - CVE-2017-2583 Kernel: Kvm: vmx/svm potential privilege escalation inside guest https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1414735

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: 4.9.5
Release: 200.fc25
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate Fedora privilege escalation kernel

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