[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: kernel-4.14.13-300.fc27
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-21a7ad920c
2018-01-12 13:04:35.338089
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 27
Version : 4.14.13
Release : 300.fc27
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package
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Update Information:
The 4.14.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree. This is also the first update to contain some spectre mitigations. Some
patches for variant 1 as well as the initial retpoline build for variant 2.
These variant 2 mitigations will improve with further patches, and once compiler
support is improved.
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1531182 - Out-of-tree kernel modules fail to build on aarch64
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531182
[ 2 ] Bug #1532058 - CONFIG_RESET_ATTACK_MITIGATION forces Lenovo X220 to hard power off
and power on instead of reboot
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1532058
[ 3 ] Bug #1514969 - Bug in backlight handling renders system almost unusable
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1514969
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade kernel' 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
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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