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Fedora 40: FEDORA-2024-aca908f73b Major: Kernel 6.9.6 System Fixes

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Calendar Grey June 28, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Version 6.9.6 of the Kernel for Fedora 40 brings notable enhancements aimed at boosting system efficiency and reliability.
The 6.9.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 6.9.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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security advisory kernel update Fedora system fix important fixes

Change Log

* Fri Jun 21 2024 Augusto Caringi [6.9.6-0] - Linux v6.9.6

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2291185 - kernel: RH-CVE-2280317 kernel: slab-out-of-bounds in hex_dump_to_buffer [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2291185

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-aca908f73b' 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: 6.9.6
Release: 200.fc40
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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security advisory kernel update Fedora system fix important fixes

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