Fedora 38: FEDORA-2024-cf47b35a6c Critical Kernel-headers Update
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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
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.
Update Information:
The 6.7.3 stable kernel rebase contains new features, improved hardware support, and a number of important fixes across the tree.
Change Log
* Thu Feb 1 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-headers
Product: Fedora 38
Version: 6.7.3
Release: 100.fc38
Summary: Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
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