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A kernel security update has been released for Fedora 31.



SECURITY: Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.6.13-200.fc31


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-c6b9fff7f8
2020-05-20 03:14:31.671466
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 5.6.13
Release : 200.fc31
URL :   https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 5.6.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree ---- The 5.6.12 stable update contains a number of important fixes across
the tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Thu May 14 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.6.13-200
- Linux v5.6.13
- Fix boot hang caused by buggy TPM support (rhbz 1779611)
- Fix CVE-2020-12655 (rhbz 1832543 1832545)
* Tue May 12 2020 Justin M. Forbes
- Fix CVE-2020-10711 (rhbz 1825116 1834778)
* Mon May 11 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.6.12-200
- Linux v5.6.12
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1825116 - CVE-2020-10711 Kernel: NetLabel: null pointer dereference while receiving CIPSO packet with null category may cause kernel panic
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1825116
[ 2 ] Bug #1832543 - CVE-2020-12655 kernel: sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1832543
[ 3 ] Bug #1834845 - CVE-2020-12770 kernel: sg_write function lacks an sg_remove_request call in a certain failure case
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1834845
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-c6b9fff7f8' 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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