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Fedora 25: FEDORA-2017-905bb449bc Moderate Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey December 2, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The Kernel 4.13.16 patch for Fedora 25 introduces a variety of enhancements resolving security vulnerabilities and other bugs.
The 4.13.16 update contains various fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 4.13.16 update contains various fixes across the tree.

[ 1 ] Bug #1516267 - CVE-2017-16649 kernel: Divide-by-zero in drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1516267

[ 2 ] Bug #1516265 - CVE-2017-16650 kernel: Divide-by-zero in drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1516265

[ 3 ] Bug #1516273 - CVE-2017-16644 kernel: Improper error handling in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1516273

[ 4 ] Bug #1516270 - CVE-2017-16647 kernel: NULL pointer dereference in drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1516270

[ 5 ] Bug #1518155 - CVE-2017-16994 kernel: mm/pagewalk.c:walk_hugetlb_range function mishandles holes in hugetlb ranges causing information leak

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1518155

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

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

Change Log

References

Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 25
Version: 4.13.16
Release: 100.fc25
Summary: The Linux kernel

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