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Fedora 25: Critical Kernel Update Released on 2017-fb89ca752a

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Calendar Grey February 14, 2017
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The latest kernel upgrade for Fedora 25 tackles significant vulnerabilities and incorporates vital patches to improve overall system protection.
The 4.9.9 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.9.9 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

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Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1419848 - CVE-2017-5897 kernel: ip6_gre: Invalid reads in ip6gre_err https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419848 [ 2 ] Bug #1420276 - CVE-2017-5986 kernel: Reachable BUG_ON from userspace in sctp_wait_for_sndbuf https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1420276

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: 4.9.9
Release: 200.fc25
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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