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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2024-e513c6594d
2024-05-10 01:33:48.476569
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 38
Version     : 6.8.9
Release     : 100.fc38
URL         : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel meta package

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Update Information:

The 6.8.9 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the
tree.
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ChangeLog:

* Thu May  2 2024 Augusto Caringi  [6.8.9-100]
- Revert "cpupower: Bump soname version" (Justin M. Forbes)
- Drop soname for libcpupower.so since we reverted the bump (Justin M. Forbes)
* Thu May  2 2024 Augusto Caringi  [6.8.9-0]
- redhat/configs: Enable CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS (Augusto Caringi)
- Turn on CONFIG_RANDOM_KMALLOC_CACHES for Fedora (Justin M. Forbes)
- drm/nouveau/dp: Don't probe eDP ports twice harder (Lyude Paul)
- drm/nouveau/kms/nv50-: Disable AUX bus for disconnected DP ports (Lyude Paul)
- drm/dp: Don't attempt AUX transfers when eDP panels are not powered (Douglas Anderson)
- Linux v6.8.9
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2276375 - Missing randomized slab caches for normal kmalloc: enable CONFIG_RANDOM_KMALLOC_CACHES=y
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276375
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-e513c6594d' 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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Fedora 38: kernel 2024-e513c6594d Security Advisory Updates

May 10, 2024
The 6.8.9 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Summary

The kernel meta package

Update Information:

The 6.8.9 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

Change Log

* Thu May 2 2024 Augusto Caringi [6.8.9-100] - Revert "cpupower: Bump soname version" (Justin M. Forbes) - Drop soname for libcpupower.so since we reverted the bump (Justin M. Forbes) * Thu May 2 2024 Augusto Caringi [6.8.9-0] - redhat/configs: Enable CONFIG_CPU_MITIGATIONS (Augusto Caringi) - Turn on CONFIG_RANDOM_KMALLOC_CACHES for Fedora (Justin M. Forbes) - drm/nouveau/dp: Don't probe eDP ports twice harder (Lyude Paul) - drm/nouveau/kms/nv50-: Disable AUX bus for disconnected DP ports (Lyude Paul) - drm/dp: Don't attempt AUX transfers when eDP panels are not powered (Douglas Anderson) - Linux v6.8.9

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2276375 - Missing randomized slab caches for normal kmalloc: enable CONFIG_RANDOM_KMALLOC_CACHES=y https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276375

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-e513c6594d' 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

Severity
Name : kernel
Product : Fedora 38
Version : 6.8.9
Release : 100.fc38
URL : https://www.kernel.org/
Summary : The Linux kernel

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