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Fedora 32: FEDORA-2020-07f0be216f Important: Kernel DAX Fix

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Calendar Grey June 7, 2020
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Crucial kernel patch for Fedora 32 tackling vital enhancements and security updates.
The 5.6.16 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

The 5.6.16 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the

tree.

* Thu Jun 4 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.6.16-300

- Fix CVE-2020-10757 (rhbz 1842525 184388)

* Wed Jun 3 2020 Justin M. Forbes

- Linux v5.6.16

[ 1 ] Bug #1842525 - CVE-2020-10757 kernel: kernel: DAX hugepages not considered during mremap

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1842525

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-07f0be216f' 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 32
Version: 5.6.16
Release: 300.fc32
Summary: The Linux kernel

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