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Fedora 22: 2015-c15f00eb95 Critical Bug Overflow in virtio-net

The 4.2.3 stable rebase contains a number of new features and important bug fixes across the tree and improved hardware support. kernel-4.2.3-200.fc22 - Linux v4.2.3 - CVE-2015-5156 virtio-net: bug overflow with large fraglist (rhbz 1243852 1266515). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-c15f00eb95 2015-10-16 03:20:31.282656 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : kernel Product : Fedora 22 Version : 4.2.3 Release : 200.fc22 URL : https://www.kernel.org/ Summary : The Linux kernel Description : The kernel meta package -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: The 4.2.3 stable rebase contains a number of new features and important bug fixes across the tree and improved hardware support. kernel-4.2.3-200.fc22 - Linux v4.2.3 - CVE-2015-5156 virtio-net: bug overflow with large fraglist (rhbz 1243852 1266515) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1243852 - CVE-2015-5156 kernel: buffer overflow with fraglist larger than MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 2 in virtio-net https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243852 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ .Kernel 4.2.3 patch mitigates overflow vulnerability in virtio-net for Fedora 22. Update now for enhanced protection.. Fedora Kernel Update Bug Overflow Network. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Oct 16, 2015 Fedora