Fedora 43: kernel-headers Important VMSCAPE Mitigation CVE-2025-40300
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September 18, 2025
The 6.17 rc6 kernel build contains a number of important fixes across the tree
Summary
Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface
between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The
header files define structures and constants that are needed for
building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the
glibc package.
Update Information:
The 6.17 rc6 kernel build contains a number of important fixes across the tree. It also includes mitigations for the VMSCAPE vulnerability on x86 CPUs. This has been assigned CVE-2025-40300.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Mon Sep 15 2025 Justin M. Forbes
References
Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2025-22c5cc654d
2025-09-18 00:16:07.326046+00:00
Name : kernel-headers
Product : Fedora 43
Version : 6.17.0
Release : 0.rc6.49.fc43
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
Description :
Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface
between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The
header files define structures and constants that are needed for
building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the
glibc package.
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2025-22c5cc654d' 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-headers
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 6.17.0
Release: 0.rc6.49.fc43
Summary: Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
Topics Covered
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