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A kernel security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: kernel-5.9.10-200.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-8c15928d23
2020-11-25 01:34:42.404045
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 5.9.10
Release : 200.fc33
URL :   https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 5.9.10 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Nov 23 2020 Justin M. Forbes - 5.9.10-200
- Linux v5.9.10
- Fix CVE-2020-28941 (rhbz 1899985 1899986)
- Fix CVE-2020-4788 (rhbz 1888433 1900437)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1888433 - CVE-2020-4788 kernel: speculation on incompletely validated data on IBM Power9
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1888433
[ 2 ] Bug #1899985 - CVE-2020-28941 kernel: NULL pointer dereference in spk_ttyio_ldisc_close function in drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1899985
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-8c15928d23' 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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