[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.2-8.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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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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