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A kernel security update has been released for Fedora 36.



SECURITY: Fedora 36 Update: kernel-5.17.12-300.fc36


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-be819b07a3
2022-06-05 01:08:56.145794
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Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 36
Version : 5.17.12
Release : 300.fc36
URL :   https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 5.17.12 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon May 30 2022 Justin M. Forbes [5.17.12-0]
- Revert "crypto: rng - Override drivers/char/random in FIPS mode" (Justin M. Forbes)
- Revert "random: Add hook to override device reads and getrandom(2)" (Justin M. Forbes)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2090723 - CVE-2022-1789 kernel: x86/kvm: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2090723
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-be819b07a3' 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
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