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A kernel-tools security update has been released for Fedora 36.



SECURITY: Fedora 36 Update: kernel-tools-5.17.6-300.fc36


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-e9378a3573
2022-05-11 01:16:35.951686
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Name : kernel-tools
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 5.17.6
Release : 300.fc36
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 5.17.6 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon May 9 2022 Justin M. Forbes - 5.17.6-300
- Linux v5.17.6
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2080330 - kernel: Concurrency use-after-free in floppy's raw_cmd
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2080330
[ 2 ] Bug #2080940 - CVE-2022-29968 kernel: io_rw_init_file in fs/io_uring.c lacks initialization of kiocb->private
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2080940
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-e9378a3573' 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
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