[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: kernel-3.6.7-5.fc18
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Tue Nov 27 04:42:31 UTC 2012
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-18740
2012-11-21 20:45:33
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 18
Version : 3.6.7
Release : 5.fc18
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-2012-4461 and adds support for two rebranded BCM20702A0 bluetooth adapters. Also adds 1/2 of the fix for bug 859485.
Latest upstream stable release v3.6.7. As usual, fixes across the tree.
In addition to the listed bugs, this also fixes:
- correct module signatures on PAE and -debug/PAEdebug kernel flavours
- external module builds with module signing
- vanilla kernel builds
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #862900 - CVE-2012-4461 kernel: kvm: invalid opcode oops on SET_SREGS with OSXSAVE bit set
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862900
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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
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https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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