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Fedora 29: 2018-87ba0312c2 Critical: Kernel-Tools Update

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Explore the crucial modifications and improvements in Fedora 29's kernel-tools bundle that bolster overall system integrity.
The v4.19.5 stable update contains important fixes across the tree

Summary

This package contains the tools/ directory from the kernel source

and the supporting documentation.

The v4.19.5 stable update contains important fixes across the tree

* Tue Nov 27 2018 Jeremy Cline - 4.19.5-300

- Linux v4.19.5

* Wed Nov 21 2018 Jeremy Cline - 4.19.3-300

- Linux v4.19.3

* Wed Nov 14 2018 Jeremy Cline - 4.19.2-300

- Linux v4.19.2

* Mon Nov 5 2018 Laura Abbott - 4.18.17-300

- Linux v4.18.17

* Thu Oct 18 2018 Justin M. Forbes - 4.18.15-300

- Linux v4.18.15

* Wed Oct 10 2018 Laura Abbott - 4.18.13-300

- Linux v4.18.13

[ 1 ] Bug #1649017 - CVE-2018-16862 kernel: cleancache: Infoleak of deleted files after reuse of old inodes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649017

[ 2 ] Bug #1652656 - CVE-2018-19407 kernel: kvm: NULL pointer dereference in vcpu_scan_ioapic in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652656

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-87ba0312c2' 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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Change Log

References

Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 29
Version: 4.19.5
Release: 300.fc29
Summary: Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

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