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



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: kernel-tools-5.11.7-200.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-bb755ed5e3
2021-03-20 01:14:08.855822
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Name : kernel-tools
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 5.11.7
Release : 200.fc33
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 5.11.7 stable kernel update contains a number if important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Mar 17 2021 Justin M. Forbes - 5.11.7-200
- Linux v5.11.7
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1939164 - CVE-2021-28375 kernel: fastrpc_internal_invoke in drivers/misc/fastrpc.c does not prevent user applications from sending kernel RPC messages
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1939164
[ 2 ] Bug #1940590 - CVE-2021-28660 kernel: buffer overflow in rtw_wx_set_scan function in drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1940590
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-bb755ed5e3' 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