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Fedora 41: FEDORA-2024-9fb3492511 critical: kernel memory access

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2024
Dist Fedora Esm H88
The latest kernel release for Fedora 41 introduces critical improvements along with enhanced compatibility for new hardware. Utilize the command line with dnf for seamless installation.
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 memory access system fix Linux kernel CVE-2024 Fedora 41

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-2024-9fb3492511' 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 41
Version: 6.12.4
Release: 200.fc41
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update memory access system fix Linux kernel CVE-2024 Fedora 41

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