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Fedora 27: 2017-ef58cbde27 Critical: Kernel Null Pointer Dereference

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Calendar Grey November 11, 2017
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest security patch for Fedora 27 focuses on significant vulnerabilities, particularly resolving urgent cases of null pointer dereference problems.
The 4.13.11 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 4.13.11 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

[ 1 ] Bug #1501215 - CVE-2017-12193 kernel: Null pointer dereference due to incorrect node-splitting in assoc_array implementation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501215

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

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Product: Fedora 27
Version: 4.13.11
Release: 300.fc27
Summary: The Linux kernel

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