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Fedora 36: 2022-8095b23575 Critical: Kernel Tools Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey May 27, 2022
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Fedora 36 has released a crucial update to its kernel-tools package, enhancing security and performance while addressing critical vulnerabilities for users
The 5.17.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

This package contains the tools/ directory from the kernel source

and the supporting documentation.

The 5.17.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the

tree.

* Wed May 25 2022 Justin M. Forbes - 5.17.11-300

- Linux v5.17.11

[ 1 ] Bug #2086753 - CVE-2022-1729 kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2086753

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-8095b23575' 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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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 36
Version: 5.17.11
Release: 300.fc36
Summary: Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel

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