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Fedora 40: FEDORA-2024-811cffc4ef critical: kernel security updates

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Key enhancements have been introduced in Fedora 40 with kernel version 6.12.4, focusing on improved functionality and robust security measures.
The 6.12.4 stable kernel rebase contains new features, additional hardware support and a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 6.12.4 stable kernel rebase contains new features, additional hardware support and a number of important fixes across the tree.

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security advisory kernel update Fedora security fixes hardware support stable release

Change Log

* Mon Dec 9 2024 Justin M. Forbes [6.12.4-0] - Fix up QCOM_EMAC config for Fedora (Justin M. Forbes) - wifi: rtl8xxxu: add more missing rtl8192cu USB IDs (Hans de Goede) - Linux v6.12.4 * Fri Dec 6 2024 Justin M. Forbes [6.12.3-0] - Linux v6.12.3

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2322092 - CVE-2024-50067 kernel: uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2322092

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-811cffc4ef' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 6.12.4
Release: 100.fc40
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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security advisory kernel update Fedora security fixes hardware support stable release

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