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Fedora 26: 2017-009bc68243 Moderate: pin Count Race in Xen

pin count / page reference race in grant table code [XSA-236, CVE-2017-15597]. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2017-009bc68243 2017-11-15 19:03:16.423093 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : xen Product : Fedora 26 Version : 4.8.2 Release : 5.fc26 URL : https://xenproject.org/ Summary : Xen is a virtual machine monitor Description : This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the Xen hypervisor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: pin count / page reference race in grant table code [XSA-236, CVE-2017-15597] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------References: [ 1 ] Bug #1499815 - CVE-2017-15597 xsa236 xen: pin count / page reference race in grant table code (XSA-236) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1499815 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade xen' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The Xen software has been upgraded for Fedora 26 in order to address vulnerabilities related to pin count and page reference races. Additional information can be found here.. Xen Security Update, Fedora 26, GrantTable Race. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 15, 2017 •Important Fedora