[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: kernel-3.17.4-302.fc21

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2014-16448
2014-12-06 09:21:29
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 21
Version     : 3.17.4
Release     : 302.fc21
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

Small bugfix update.  A few AArch64 fixes and a patch to quiet a common i915 warning.
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Dec  4 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org> - 3.17.4-302
- CVE-2014-9090 local DoS via do_double_fault due to improper SS faults (rhbz 1170691)
* Thu Dec  4 2014 Kyle McMartin <kyle at fedoraproject.org>
- kernel-arm64.patch: update.
- arm64-force-serial-to-be-active-consdev.patch: force serial consoles
  to be the primary console device instead of defaulting to tty0. No
  changes to drivers outside of ARM-land.
- arm64-vgic-error-to-info.patch: change an error to a warning so that
  kvm will work.
* Mon Dec  1 2014 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at fedoraproject.org>
- Add patch to quiet i915 driver on long hdps
- Add patch to fix oops when using xpad (rhbz 1094048)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1170691 - CVE-2014-9090 kernel: espfix64: local DoS via do_double_fault() due to improper handling of faults associated with SS segment register
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170691
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