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A kernel security update has been released for Fedora 31.



SECURITY: Fedora 31 Update: kernel-5.8.9-101.fc31


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-5920a7a0b2
2020-09-16 14:39:25.892372
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 5.8.9
Release : 101.fc31
URL :   https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 5.8.9 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Sep 14 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.8.9-101
- Fix error code in bdev_del_part (rhbz 1878858)
* Mon Sep 14 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.8.9-100
- Linux v5.8.9
* Thu Sep 10 2020 Justin M. Forbes
- Fix CVE-2020-25211 (rhbz 1877571 1877572)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1877571 - CVE-2020-25211 kernel: Local buffer overflow in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877571
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-5920a7a0b2' 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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