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



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: kernel-headers-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-headers
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 5.9.7
Release : 200.fc33
URL :   http://www.kernel.org/
Summary : Header files for the Linux kernel for use by glibc
Description :
Kernel-headers includes the C header files that specify the interface
between the Linux kernel and userspace libraries and programs. The
header files define structures and constants that are needed for
building most standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the
glibc package.

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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
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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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