Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 3.6.5
Release     : 2.fc18
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

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Update Information:

Linux v3.6.5, latest upstream stable release with fixes across the tree.



Fixes CVE-2012-4565 and CVE-2012-4508.  Updates kernel module signing to match
 the upstream kernel, and updates the UEFI secure boot patch set.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #869904 - CVE-2012-4508 kernel: ext4: AIO vs fallocate stale data
 exposure
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=869904
  [ 2 ] Bug #871848 - CVE-2012-4565 kernel: net: divide by zero in tcp
 algorithm illinois
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871848
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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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