Fedora 21 Security Update: kernel-3.18.3-201.fc21

Resolved Bugs
1183232 – [regression] no GPU accelleration in 3.18, no video output in vlc and mplayer
1183289 – USB3 devices broken in 3.18 kernel
1181054 – CVE-2014-9585 kernel: ASLR bruteforce possible for vdso library
1181056 – CVE-2014-9585 kernel: ASLR bruteforce possible for vdso library [fedora-all]
1178975 – endless loop in clock_gettime() on a kvm-based VM
1124119 – usb 3.0 HDD SCSI UASP
1094948 – Backlight control doesn’t work on the Samsung N145P netbook
1115713 – backlight problem with Intel i915 integrated graphics adatper in N4xx/N5xx Atom after kernel 3.14.2
1163574 – Backlight control needs kernel param: video.use_native_backlight=0<br
The 3.18.3 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. The 201 build should also fix most of the i915 issues seen in testing on 3.18.2-200
The 3.18.2 kernel rebase contains several new features as well as several fixes across the tree.

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