Fedora 42: kernel 6.16.7 Critical VMSCAPE Mitigation FEDORA-2025-4c1d09a51b
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September 12, 2025
The 6.16.7 stable kernel updates contain mitigation for the VMSCAPE vulnerability on x86 CPUs
Summary
The kernel meta package
Update Information:
The 6.16.7 stable kernel updates contain mitigation for the VMSCAPE vulnerability on x86 CPUs. This has been assigned CVE-2025-40300 The 6.16.6 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Thu Sep 11 2025 Justin M. Forbes
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2392922 - Gkrellm no longer detects nor displays network monitor information
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2392922
[ 2 ] Bug #2393407 - Fedora kernel does not include PHY_ROCKCHIP_SAMSUNG_DCPHY driver
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393407
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-4c1d09a51b' 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 42
Version: 6.16.7
Release: 200.fc42
Summary: The Linux kernel
Topics Covered
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