[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: kernel-3.1.0-7.fc16

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-15323
2011-11-02 18:19:15.399701
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 16
Version     : 3.1.0
Release     : 7.fc16
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:

This update fixes a regression in booting via EFI on some machines.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #748516 - kernel does not boot with patch to fix invalid EFI re=
map calls from 2011-10-18
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D748516
  [ 2 ] Bug #749887 - [abrt] kernel: WARNING: at drivers/block/floppy.c:104=
1 setup_rw_floppy+0x188/0x241 [floppy]()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D749887
  [ 3 ] Bug #750402 - CVE-2011-4097 kernel: oom_badness() integer overflow =
[fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D750402
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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 t=
he
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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