[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: kernel-3.6.5-2.fc18
updates at fedoraproject.org
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Thu Nov 8 05:43:16 UTC 2012
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-17413
2012-11-01 05:47:51
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 18
Version : 3.6.5
Release : 2.fc18
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.
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Update Information:
Linux v3.6.5, latest upstream stable release with fixes across the tree.
Fixes CVE-2012-4565 and CVE-2012-4508. Updates kernel module signing to match the upstream kernel, and updates the UEFI secure boot patch set.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #869904 - CVE-2012-4508 kernel: ext4: AIO vs fallocate stale data exposure
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869904
[ 2 ] Bug #871848 - CVE-2012-4565 kernel: net: divide by zero in tcp algorithm illinois
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871848
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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 http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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/keys
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