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A kernel-tools-5.5.16 security update has been released for Fedora 30.



SECURITY: Fedora 30 Update: kernel-tools-5.5.16-100.fc30


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-73c00eda1c
2020-04-15 21:00:40.081282
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Name : kernel-tools
Product : Fedora 30
Version : 5.5.16
Release : 100.fc30
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 5.5.16 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree. ---- The 5.5.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important
fixes across the tree. ---- The 5.5.13 stable kernel update contains a number
of important fixes across the tree. ---- The 5.5.11 stable kernel update
contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Apr 8 2020 Justin Forbes - 5.5.16-100
- Linux v5.5.16
- Remove manual perf-debuginfo left from kernel (rhbz 1822110)
* Thu Apr 2 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.5.15-100
- Linux v5.5.15
* Wed Apr 1 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.5.14-100
- Linux v5.5.14
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1786174 - CVE-2019-19769 kernel: use-after-free in perf_trace_lock_acquire related to include/trace/events/lock.h
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1786174
[ 2 ] Bug #1817350 - CVE-2020-8835 kernel: out-of-bounds read/write in the bpf verifier
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817350
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-73c00eda1c' 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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