[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.0-5.fc17

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-4761
2012-03-28 05:42:35
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 3.3.0
Release     : 5.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 CVE-2012-1568
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #806033 - BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000038 hci_conn_hash_flush
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806033
  [ 2 ] Bug #805538 - FIPS-140 support is missing
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805538
  [ 3 ] Bug #804353 - intel-ips: IRQ handler type mismatch for IRQ 0
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804353
  [ 4 ] Bug #804957 - CVE-2012-1568 kernel: execshield: predictable ascii armour base address [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804957
  [ 5 ] Bug #804007 - [abrt] kernel: WARNING: at lib/debugobjects.c:262 debug_print_object+0x8c/0xb0()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804007
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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
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