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A kernel-tools security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: kernel-tools-5.9.7-200.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-98ccae320c
2020-11-16 01:08:53.149586
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Name : kernel-tools
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 5.9.7
Release : 200.fc33
URL :   http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : Assortment of tools for the Linux kernel
Description :
This package contains the tools/ directory from the kernel source
and the supporting documentation.

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Update Information:

The 5.9.8 stable kernel rebase contains a number of enhancements including new
hardware support, additional features, and a number of important fixes across
the tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Nov 10 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.9.7-200
- Linux v5.9.7 rebase
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1888726 - CVE-2020-25656 kernel: use-after-free in read in vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888726
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-98ccae320c' 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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