Fedora 38: kernel 2024-a56a47ef1b Security Advisory Updates
The 6.8.5 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
Summary
The kernel meta package
Update Information:
The 6.8.5 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
Change Log
* Thu Apr 11 2024 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.5-101] - Revert "cpupower: Bump soname version" (Justin M. Forbes) - Drop soname for libcpupower.so since we reverted the bump (Justin M. Forbes) - nouveau: fix devinit paths to only handle display on GSP. (Dave Airlie) - Add bluetooth bug to Bugsfixed for 6.8.6 (Justin M. Forbes) - Bluetooth: l2cap: Don't double set the HCI_CONN_MGMT_CONNECTED bit (Archie Pusaka) * Wed Apr 10 2024 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes@fedoraproject.org> [6.8.5-0] - Set configs for SPECTRE_BHI (Justin M. Forbes) - Add AMD PMF bug (Justin M. Forbes) - redhat/configs: Enable CONFIG_AMDTEE for x86 (David Arcari) - Add CVE fix for 6.8.5 (Justin M. Forbes) - Linux v6.8.5
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2273968 - CVE-2024-26811 kernel: ksmbd: validate payload size in ipc response [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2273968 [ 2 ] Bug #2274047 - Bluetooth headset partially connects under some circumstances with blues 5.73-3.fc40.x86_64 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274047 [ 3 ] Bug #2274069 - AMD-PMF driver fails to load on kernel- 6.8.4-300.fc40.x86_64. Resulting in GPU failing to use full gpu available watts. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274069
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-a56a47ef1b' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html