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Fedora 40: FEDORA-2025-b268fceaec moderate: kernel lockdown issue

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2025
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Crucial updates for the Fedora kernel boost system safety by providing essential corrections and safeguards. Update now to strengthen your configuration.
The 6.12.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 6.12.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. The 6.12.14 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate kernel update Fedora security fix threat mitigation stable release CVE issue kernel lockdown

Change Log

* Tue Feb 18 2025 Augusto Caringi [6.12.15-100] - Turn off libbpf dynamic for perf (Justin M. Forbes) * Tue Feb 18 2025 Augusto Caringi [6.12.15-0] - Linux v6.12.15 * Mon Feb 17 2025 Augusto Caringi [6.12.14-0] - redhat/configs: automotive: Set CONFIG_FSCACHE=y (Augusto Caringi) - CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT_PLATDEV is bool now (Justin M. Forbes) - Add some bugs to BugsFixed for the 6.12.14 update (Justin M. Forbes) - efi,lockdown: fix kernel lockdown on Secure Boot (Ondrej Mosnacek) {CVE-2025-1272} - Linux v6.12.14

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2333706 - Kernel 6.12.6 kernel lockdown disabled https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333706 [ 2 ] Bug #2345700 - CVE-2025-1272 kernel: Secure Boot does not automatically enable kernel lockdown [fedora-41] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345700 [ 3 ] Bug #2345701 - CVE-2025-1272 kernel: Secure Boot does not automatically enable kernel lockdown [fedora-40] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345701

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-b268fceaec' 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

Name: kernel
Product: Fedora 40
Version: 6.12.15
Release: 100.fc40
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate kernel update Fedora security fix threat mitigation stable release CVE issue kernel lockdown

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