[SECURITY] Fedora 36 Update: kernel-6.1.5-100.fc36
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-3fd7349f60
2023-01-15 01:35:11.783174
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 6.1.5
Release : 100.fc36
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package
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Update Information:
The 6.1.5 stable kernel rebase contains new features, enhanced hardware support,
and a number of important fixes across the tree.
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Jan 12 2023 Justin M. Forbes <jforbes(a)fedoraproject.org> [6.1.5-0]
- KVM: VMX: Execute IBPB on emulated VM-exit when guest has IBRS (Jim Mattson)
- Update module filters for nvmem_u-boot-env (Justin M. Forbes)
- drivers/firmware: skip simpledrm if nvidia-drm.modeset=1 is set (Javier Martinez
Canillas)
- fedora: Updates for 6.1 merge (Peter Robinson)
- Linux v6.1.5
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #2152807 - CVE-2022-4379 kernel: use-after-free in __nfs42_ssc_open() in
fs/nfs/nfs4file.c leading to remote Denial of Service attack
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2152807
[ 2 ] Bug #2160023 - CVE-2022-2196 kernel: KVM: nVMX: missing IBPB when exiting from
nested guest can lead to Spectre v2 attacks
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2160023
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-3fd7349f60' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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