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Fedora 33: FEDORA-2021-bb755ed5e3 Critical: Kernel-Headers Update

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Calendar Grey March 19, 2021
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest update FEDORA-2021-aeabc12cd4 enhances the kernel headers for Fedora 33, addressing vital issues to ensure robust and reliable kernel functionality.
The 5.11.7 stable kernel update contains a number if 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 5.11.7 stable kernel update contains a number if important fixes across the

tree.

* Wed Mar 17 2021 Justin M. Forbes - 5.11.7-200

- Linux v5.11.7

[ 1 ] Bug #1939164 - CVE-2021-28375 kernel: fastrpc_internal_invoke in drivers/misc/fastrpc.c does not prevent user applications from sending kernel RPC messages

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939164

[ 2 ] Bug #1940590 - CVE-2021-28660 kernel: buffer overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan function in drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1940590

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-bb755ed5e3' 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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Product: Fedora 33
Version: 5.11.7
Release: 200.fc33
Summary: Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc

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