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A kernel security update has been released for Fedora 31.



SECURITY: Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.6.19-200.fc31


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-1b2dae6219
2020-06-23 01:12:06.465986
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 5.6.19
Release : 200.fc31
URL :   https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 5.6.19 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Jun 17 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.6.19-200
- Linux v5.6.19
* Mon Jun 15 2020 Stefan Assmann
- Add dual fan control for P50, P51, P52, P70, P71, P72, P1 gen1, P2 gen2,
X1E gen1 and X1E gen2.
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1845840 - CVE-2020-10766 kernel: Rogue cross-process SSBD shutdown. Linux scheduler logical bug allows an attacker to turn off the SSBD protection.
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1845840
[ 2 ] Bug #1845867 - CVE-2020-10767 kernel: Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier is force-disabled when STIBP is unavailable or enhanced IBRS is available.
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1845867
[ 3 ] Bug #1845868 - CVE-2020-10768 kernel: Indirect branch speculation can be enabled after it was force-disabled by the PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE prctl command.
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1845868
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-1b2dae6219' 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