The kernel meta package
Update Information:
The 7.0.4 stable kernel rebase contains additional hardware support, new features, and a number of important fixes across the tree. It also contains a fix for the dirtyfrag vulnerability. This covers CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500. For users who experience a problem with the 7.0.4 rebase, a build of 6.19.14 with just the dirtyfrag fixes should be available in koji shortly.
* Thu May 7 2026 Justin M. Forbes
[ 1 ] Bug #2467807 - [Major Incident] kernel: "Dirty Frag" is a new universal Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Linux kernel [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467807
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-abc00fb4e8' 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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