[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: kernel-4.1.13-100.fc21

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2015-f2c534bc12
2015-11-20 19:00:55.798190
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 4.1.13
Release     : 100.fc21
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

  kernel-4.1.13-100.fc21  - Linux v4.1.13 - CVE-2015-8104 kvm: DoS infinite loop
in microcode DB exception (rhbz 1278496 1279691) - CVE-2015-5307 kvm: DoS
infinite loop in microcode AC exception (rhbz 1277172 1279688)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1276437 - CVE-2015-7990 kernel: Race condition when sending message on unbound socket causing NULL pointer dereference
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276437
  [ 2 ] Bug #1271134 - CVE-2015-7799 kernel: net: slip: crash when using PPP character device driver
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271134
  [ 3 ] Bug #1277172 - CVE-2015-5307 virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #AC exception
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277172
  [ 4 ] Bug #1278496 - CVE-2015-8104 virt: guest to host DoS by triggering an infinite loop in microcode via #DB exception
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278496
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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 https://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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