[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: kernel-3.6.7-5.fc18

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-18740
2012-11-21 20:45:33
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 3.6.7
Release     : 5.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:

Fixes CVE-2012-4461 and adds support for two rebranded BCM20702A0 bluetooth adapters.  Also adds 1/2 of the fix for bug 859485.
Latest upstream stable release v3.6.7.  As usual, fixes across the tree.
In addition to the listed bugs, this also fixes:

- correct module signatures on PAE and -debug/PAEdebug kernel flavours
- external module builds with module signing
- vanilla kernel builds
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #862900 - CVE-2012-4461 kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900
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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/.

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