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Fedora 26: 2017-d3ed702fe4 Critical Stack Clash Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 24, 2017
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Critical security patch for Fedora 26 designed to resolve significant stack clash vulnerabilities. Update date: 2017-06-24.
The 4.11.6 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree, including the recently announced "stack clash"

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 4.11.6 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree,

including the recently announced "stack clash"

[ 1 ] Bug #1461333 - CVE-2017-1000364 kernel: heap/stack gap jumping via unbounded stack allocations

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1461333

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Fedora kernel important fixes stack clash

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 4.11.6
Release: 301.fc26
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update Fedora kernel important fixes stack clash

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