Fedora 38: FEDORA-2024-cf47b35a6c Critical: Kernel Update Security Patch
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February 6, 2024
The 6.7.3 stable kernel rebase contains new features, improved hardware support, and a number of important fixes across the tree.
Summary
The kernel meta package
Update Information:
The 6.7.3 stable kernel rebase contains new features, improved hardware support, and a number of important fixes across the tree.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Wed Jan 31 2024 Justin M. Forbes
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2253986 - CVE-2023-6679 kernel: NULL pointer dereference in dpll_pin_parent_pin_set() in drivers/dpll/dpll_netlink.c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2253986
[ 2 ] Bug #2260041 - CVE-2024-23849 kernel: off-by-one error for an RDS_MSG_RX_DGRAM_TRACE_MAX comparison, resulting in out-of-bounds access
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2260041
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-cf47b35a6c' 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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Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 38
Version: 6.7.3
Release: 100.fc38
Summary: The Linux kernel
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