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Fedora: 2017-387ff46a66 Critical: Kernel Update and Bug Fixes

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Calendar Grey March 11, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 25 has released a kernel security update that tackles various vulnerabilities, offering essential patches and enhancements to overall system efficiency.
This is an update containing several CVE and other bug fixes,

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

This is an update containing several CVE and other bug fixes,

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora bug fix kernel system update performance improvement

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1427239 - CVE-2017-5669 kernel: Shmat allows mmap null page protection bypass https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1427239 [ 2 ] Bug #1428907 - CVE-2017-6353 kernel: Possible double free in stcp_sendmsg() (incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428907

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: 4.9.13
Release: 201.fc25
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Fedora bug fix kernel system update performance improvement

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