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Fedora 25: 2016-29cde72f15 Critical Upgrade - Network Threats Addressed

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2016
Scroller Fedora Esm H88
Core system enhancement release for Fedora 25 aimed at reinforcing overall security protocols while mitigating significant vulnerabilities.
The 4.8.8 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 4.8.8 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory network threats critical Fedora kernel

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1393904 - CVE-2016-8645 kernel: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1393904

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: 4.8.8
Release: 300.fc25
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory network threats critical Fedora kernel

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