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Fedora 35: FEDORA-2022-fd85148be2 Critical Kernel Tools Update

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Fedora 35 sees crucial updates for kernel-tools aimed at boosting system reliability and resolving current problems.
The 5.17.6 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

This package contains the tools/ directory from the kernel source

and the supporting documentation.

The 5.17.6 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the

tree.

* Mon May 9 2022 Justin M. Forbes - 5.17.6-200

- Linux v5.17.6

[ 1 ] Bug #2080330 - kernel: Concurrency use-after-free in floppy's raw_cmd

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2080330

[ 2 ] Bug #2080940 - CVE-2022-29968 kernel: io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2080940

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-fd85148be2' 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 35
Version: 5.17.6
Release: 200.fc35
Summary: Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

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