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Fedora 29: FEDORA-2018-ec3bf1b228 Critical: Kernel-Headers Security Fix

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Kernel modification security patch in Fedora 29 brings essential enhancements aimed at boosting system reliability. Discover further details.
The 4.18.13 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

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.

The 4.18.13 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

[ 1 ] Bug #1636349 - CVE-2018-17972 kernel: Unprivileged users able to inspect kernel stacks of arbitrary tasks

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636349

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-ec3bf1b228' 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 29
Version: 4.18.13
Release: 300.fc29
Summary: Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc

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