[Triumf-linux-users] [Triumf-linux-managers] 'CRITICAL' Risk CVE-2016-5195 Linux kernel privilege escalation

Andrew Daviel advax at triumf.ca
Sun Oct 23 15:35:51 PDT 2016


On Fri, 21 Oct 2016, Art Olin wrote:

> How about the newer fedoras (23 and 24?)

That wasn't in the info I had, but see
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1387080

I understand that Fedora would just get an updated kernel, but that as 
RHEL is stable and "behind the curve", patching it takes a bit more 
effort.

"yum update" should get it, and then reboot as usual to actually switch 
to the patched kernel.

Name : kernel Product : Fedora 25 Version : 4.8.3 Release : 300.fc25
Update Information: The 4.8.3 stable update contains a number of 
important fixes across the tree. In particular, it includes a fix for 
CVE-2016-5195.

- I can't find a nice obvious "security updates" page - this is the 
security mailing list archive

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NWMDLBWMGZKFHMRJ7QUQVCERP5QHDB6W/

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