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Mageia 9: Kernel-linus Critical Security Issue MGASA-2025

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • November 22, 2025

Description: Vanilla upstream kernel version 6.6.116 fixes bugs and vulnerabilities. For information the vulnerabilities see the links.

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MGASA-2025-0310 - Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

- 9/core/kernel-linus-6.6.116-1.mga9

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Mageia 9 Kernel Security Fixes Address Vulnerabilities Mageia 9 has released important security fixes for its kernel versions 6.6.116 and 6.6.120, addressing various bugs and vulnerabilities. The updates include enhancements for the kmod-virtualbox and kmod-xtables-addons packages to ensure compatibility with the new kernel versions. 4 sources 35

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