[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: kernel-3.3.4-4.fc17
updates at fedoraproject.org
updates at fedoraproject.org
Tue May 8 04:14:44 UTC 2012
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-7362
2012-05-05 02:06:03
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 17
Version : 3.3.4
Release : 4.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:
this update resolves an important security issue in the dl2k driver, and Fixes an issue with the radeon DRM driver in EFI mode.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #818820 - CVE-2012- kernel: unfiltered netdev rio_ioctl access by users
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818820
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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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