openSUSE Security Update: Security update for kernel-firmware ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1631-1 Rating: moderate References: #1095735 Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:
This security issue was fixed:
- CVE-2017-5715: Prevent unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access caused by speculative execution and indirect branch prediction (bsc#1095735)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-590=1
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):
kernel-firmware-20170530-20.1 ucode-amd-20170530-20.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095735