CentOS announce - Jan 2018 - CESA-2018:0007 Important CentOS 7 kernel Security Update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2018:0007 Important

Upstream details at : https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0007

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename )

x86_64:
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kernel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.noarch.rpm
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kernel-debug-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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kernel-devel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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kernel-doc-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.noarch.rpm
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kernel-headers-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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kernel-tools-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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perf-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm
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python-perf-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64.rpm


Source:
b7756ceda51a35942e03d553f0ec6049ba2520c89e0d66e8e2cdae88f6db0d6a
kernel-3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.src.rpm

Note:
1) This is a widespread issue with potentially huge impact, we
appreciate any help in spreading the word around so maximum number of
users are able to find out, and patch their systems.

2) Upstream is curating information around this issue at
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution
- information on that page would be helpful for most people on CentOS
Linux as well.

3) Please reach out to us at #centos on irc.freenode.net for any
feedback, comments, questions or concerns.

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