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Fedora 28: FEDORA-2018-1621b2204a Info Leak in Kernel-Headers

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
This patch resolves a vulnerability and improves kernel functionalities in Fedora 28 kernel-headers.
This is a rebase to the v4.19.x kernel and includes new features and bug fixes.

Summary

Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface

between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The

header files define structures and constants that are needed for

building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the

glibc package.

This is a rebase to the v4.19.x kernel and includes new features and bug fixes.

[ 1 ] Bug #1645140 - CVE-2018-18710 kernel: Information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645140

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-1621b2204a' 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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Product: Fedora 28
Version: 4.19.2
Release: 200.fc28
Summary: Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc

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