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Fedora 26 FEDORA-2017-3456ba4c93 Critical Kernel Security Issue

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2017
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This revision tackles essential system security vulnerabilities for Fedora 26, safeguarding performance and overall stability.
Kernel 4.11-rc4

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

Kernel 4.11-rc4

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update Fedora kernel

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1435719 - CVE-2017-7261 kernel: drm/vmwgfx: check that number of mip levels is above zero https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1435719

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 26
Version: 4.11.0
Release: 0.rc4.git0.1.fc26
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update Fedora kernel

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