Fedora 21 Security Update: kernel-3.17.7-300.fc21

Resolved Bugs
1159313 – CVE-2014-8559 Kernel: fs: deadlock due to incorrect usage of rename_lock
1173814 – CVE-2014-8559 Kernel: fs: deadlock due to incorrect usage of rename_lock [fedora-all]
1126580 – need suppression of kernel commit #2062afb4f804a (gcc -fvar-tracking)
1173806 – Fedora21 freezes when use smt-enabled=off as kernel argument
1172797 – CVE-2014-8133 kernel: x86: espfix(64) bypass via set_thread_area and CLONE_SETTLS
1174374 – CVE-2014-8133 kernel: x86: espfix(64) bypass via set_thread_area and CLONE_SETTLS [fedora-all]
1172543 – [abrt] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 3667 at net/wireless/reg.c:1806 reg_process_hint+0x2d1/0x460 [cfg80211]() [cfg80211]
1084928 – ata1.00: failed command: READ FPDMA QUEUED without libata.force=noncq on SAMSUNG MZHPU128HCGM PCIe SSD disk
1164945 – UAS driver crashes system with Seagate USB 3.0 drive and Fresco Logic FL1000G controller
1172765 – CVE-2014-8134 kernel: x86: espfix not working for 32-bit KVM paravirt guests
1172769 – CVE-2014-8134 kernel: x86: espfix not working for 32-bit KVM paravirt guests [fedora-all]<br
The 3.17.7 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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