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



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: kernel-tools-5.14.9-100.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-e0d6215753
2021-10-03 01:05:58.247063
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Name : kernel-tools
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 5.14.9
Release : 100.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 5.14.9 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree. ---- The 5.14.7 stable kernel rebase contains additional hardware
support, new features, and a number of important fixes across the tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Sep 30 2021 Justin M. Forbes - 5.14.9-100
- Linux v5.14.9
* Mon Sep 27 2021 Justin M. Forbes - 5.14.8-100
- Linux v5.14.8
* Wed Sep 22 2021 Justin M. Forbes - 5.14.7-100
- Linux v5.14.7
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2007567 - CVE-2021-41073 kernel: local user privilege escalation via loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2007567
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-e0d6215753' 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
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  https://fedoraproject.org/keys