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Fedora 41: FEDORA-2025-cca2fcc70c critical: kernel secure boot fix

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Stay informed about Fedora 41 and its updates for kernel 6.12.15, featuring critical fixes and enhancements for security measures, such as secure boot functionalities.
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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Change Log

* 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-cca2fcc70c' 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: 6.12.15
Release: 200.fc41
URL: https://www.kernel.org/
Summary: The Linux kernel

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security advisory kernel update Fedora critical fix kernel system fix bug report system vulnerabilities secure boot stable update

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