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Fedora 31: FEDORA-2020-1b2dae6219 Critical: Kernel Security Fixes

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2020
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 31's kernel upgrade brings essential fixes that strengthen overall system integrity and bolster security measures effectively.
The 5.6.19 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 5.6.19 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the

tree.

* Wed Jun 17 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.6.19-200

- Linux v5.6.19

* Mon Jun 15 2020 Stefan Assmann

- Add dual fan control for P50, P51, P52, P70, P71, P72, P1 gen1, P2 gen2,

X1E gen1 and X1E gen2.

[ 1 ] Bug #1845840 - CVE-2020-10766 kernel: Rogue cross-process SSBD shutdown. Linux scheduler logical bug allows an attacker to turn off the SSBD protection.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1845840

[ 2 ] Bug #1845867 - CVE-2020-10767 kernel: Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier is force-disabled when STIBP is unavailable or enhanced IBRS is available.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1845867

[ 3 ] Bug #1845868 - CVE-2020-10768 kernel: Indirect branch speculation can be enabled after it was force-disabled by the PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE prctl command.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1845868

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-1b2dae6219' 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 31
Version: 5.6.19
Release: 200.fc31
Summary: The Linux kernel

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