--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-1ebb87e7c0
2017-12-24 19:39:52.576532
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 27
Version     : 4.14.8
Release     : 300.fc27
URL         : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

The 4.14.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1527112 - CVE-2017-17741 kernel: kvm: stack-based out-of-bounds read via vmcall instruction
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527112
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------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

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/
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Fedora 27: kernel Security Update 2017-1ebb87e7c0

December 24, 2017
The 4.14.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 4.14.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the

tree.

[ 1 ] Bug #1527112 - CVE-2017-17741 kernel: kvm: stack-based out-of-bounds read via vmcall instruction

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527112

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

FEDORA-2017-1ebb87e7c0 2017-12-24 19:39:52.576532 Product : Fedora 27 Version : 4.14.8 Release : 300.fc27 URL : https://www.kernel.org/ Summary : The Linux kernel Description : The kernel meta package The 4.14.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. [ 1 ] Bug #1527112 - CVE-2017-17741 kernel: kvm: stack-based out-of-bounds read via vmcall instruction https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527112 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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References

Update Instructions

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Product : Fedora 27
Version : 4.14.8
Release : 300.fc27
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel

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