[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.7-1.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-8314
2012-05-24 15:29:31
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 3.3.7
Release     : 1.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:

The 3.3.7 stable kernel contains a number of important bug fixes.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon May 21 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes at redhat.com> 3.3.7-1
- Linux 3.3.7
- Disable CONFIG_RELOCATABLE for 32bit builds. Turn back on for 3.4
* Fri May 18 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Additional fixes for CVE-2011-4131 (rhbz 822874 822869)
* Thu May 17 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Fix rtlwifi async firmware load race condition (rhbz 822120)
- Enable cpu_idle drivers for ppc64/pseries (requested by Ben Herrenschmidt)
* Wed May 16 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us>
- set arch for arm kernel to VEXPRESS allows v7 emulation
- enable SMP everywhere but disable on kirkwood as its up only
* Wed May 16 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes at redhat.com> 3.3.6-3
- fix rtl8187: ->brightness_set can not sleep (rhbz 795176)
* Wed May 16 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Update the vgaarb patches to pick up a small switcheroo fix from airlied
* Tue May 15 2012 Dennis Gilmore <dennis at ausil.us>
- add patch to setup usb correctly on beagleboards
- allows networking to work
* Tue May 15 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Fixup atl1c register programming (rhbz 749276)
* Mon May 14 2012 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes at redhat.com> 3.3.6-1
- Linux 3.3.6
* Mon May 14 2012 Josh Boyer <jwboyer at redhat.com>
- Enable DRM_VIA again per Adam Jackson
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #822869 - CVE-2012-2375 kernel: incomplete fix for CVE-2011-4131
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822869
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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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