Fedora 27 Kernel Update: Critical Fixes for Memory Leak and More

The kernel meta package

The 4.13.8 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. ----The 4.13.6 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

[ 1 ] Bug #1495089 - CVE-2017-12190 kernel: memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO vectors

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1495089

[ 2 ] Bug #1501878 - CVE-2017-15265 kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port()

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501878

[ 3 ] Bug #1498016 - CVE-2017-15299 kernel: Incorrect updates of uninstantiated keys crash the kernel

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498016

[ 4 ] Bug #1498067 - CVE-2017-1000255 kernel: Arbitrary stack overwrite causing oops via crafted signal frame

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498067

[ 5 ] Bug #1500094 - CVE-2017-5123 kernel: Missing access_ok() checks in waitid()

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500094

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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