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Fedora 26 gnome-shell Security Advisory: Crash Fix for Icon Remapping

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Calendar Grey September 22, 2017
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This modification resolves a freeze problem with gnome-shell on Fedora 26, boosting overall reliability.
Fix crash on fast status icon remapping

Summary

GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the GNOME 3 desktop,

like switching to windows and launching applications. GNOME Shell takes

advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces

innovative user interface concepts to provide a visually attractive and

easy to use experience.

Fix crash on fast status icon remapping

[ 1 ] Bug #1492007 - gnome-shell: Use-after-free due to icon remapping

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492007

su -c 'dnf upgrade gnome-shell' 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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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 3.24.3
Release: 2.fc26
Summary: Window management and application launching for GNOME

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