SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0010-1 Rating: important References: #947164 #950590 #953187 #956829 #957162 Cross-References: CVE-2015-7512 CVE-2015-8345 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available. Description: This update for kvm fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2015-7512: The receive packet size is now checked in the emulated pcnet driver, eliminating buffer overflow and potential security issue by malicious guest systems. (bsc#957162) - CVE-2015-8345: A infinite loop in processing command block list was fixed that could be exploit by malicious guest systems (bsc#956829). Other bugs fixed: - To assist users past the migration incompatibility discussed in bsc#950590 (restore migration compatibility with SLE11 SP3 and SLE12, at the unfortunate expense to prior SLE11 SP4 kvm release compatability when a virtio-net device is used), print a message which references the support document TID 7017048. See https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7017048 - Fix cases of wrong clock values in kvmclock timekeeping (bsc#947164 and bsc#953187) - Enforce pxe rom sizes to ensure migration compatibility. (bsc#950590) - Fix kvm live migration fails between sles11 sp3 and sp4 (bsc#950590) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-kvm-12293=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch sledsp4-kvm-12293=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 s390x x86_64): kvm-1.4.2-35.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP4 (i586 x86_64): kvm-1.4.2-35.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7512.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8345.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/947164 https://bugzilla.suse.com/950590 https://bugzilla.suse.com/953187 https://bugzilla.suse.com/956829 https://bugzilla.suse.com/957162 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-security-announce+help@opensuse.org