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Fedora 31: FEDORA-2020-5436586091 Critical: Kernel Stability Fix

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This software patch resolves critical issues enhancing performance reliability and minimizing security vulnerabilities.
The 5.6.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 5.6.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the

tree. ---- The 5.6.14 stable kernel update contains a number of important

fixes across the tree

* Thu May 28 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.6.15-200

- Linux v5.6.15

* Wed May 20 2020 Hans de Goede

- Fix automatic guest resolution resizing of VirtualBox VMs (rhbz 1789545) - 5.6.14-200

- Fix Sony laptop hang on resume from suspend (rhbz 1830150)

* Wed May 20 2020 Justin M. Forbes

- Linux v5.6.14

- Fix CVE-2020-12888 (rhbz 1836245 1836244)

* Mon May 18 2020 Justin M. Forbes

- Fix stability issue with the jetson-tk1 NIC

* Mon May 18 2020 Hans de Goede

- Add patch fixing backlight control on Cherry Trail devices (rhbz 1828927)

[ 1 ] Bug #1836244 - CVE-2020-12888 Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1836244

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-5436586091' 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: 5.6.15
Release: 200.fc31
Summary: The Linux kernel

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