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A kernel-headers security update has been released for Fedora 34.



SECURITY: Fedora 34 Update: kernel-headers-5.11.16-300.fc34


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-a963f04012
2021-04-29 00:30:41.229442
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Name : kernel-headers
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 5.11.16
Release : 300.fc34
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 5.11.16 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Apr 21 2021 Justin M. Forbes - 5.11.16-300
- Linux v5.11.16
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1948772 - CVE-2021-23133 kernel: Race condition in sctp_destroy_sock list_del
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1948772
[ 2 ] Bug #1951595 - CVE-2021-29155 kernel: protection for sequences of pointer arithmetic operations against speculatively out-of-bounds loads can be bypassed to leak content of kernel memory
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1951595
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-a963f04012' 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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