[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Tue Apr 24 04:30:08 UTC 2012
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-6344
2012-04-21 20:58:08
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 17
Version : 3.3.2
Release : 8.fc17
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:
Fixes CVEs:
CVE-2012-2119
CVE-2012-2123
CVE-2012-2121
Also fixes some fail to boot issues on various Dell machines.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #814149 - CVE-2012-2121 kvm: device assignment page leak
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814149
[ 2 ] Bug #814278 - CVE-2012-2119 kernel: macvtap: zerocopy: vector length is not validated before pinning user pages
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=814278
[ 3 ] Bug #806722 - CVE-2012-2123 kernel: fcaps: clear the same personality flags as suid when fcaps are used
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806722
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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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