openSUSE Security Update: Security update for kernel-firmware ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0026-1 Rating: important References: #1068032 Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:
- Add microcode_amd_fam17h.bin (bsc#1068032 CVE-2017-5715)
This new firmware disables branch prediction on AMD family 17h processor to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to information disclosure from e.g. kernel memory (bsc#1068032 CVE-2017-5715).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.2:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-9=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):
kernel-firmware-20170530-7.12.1 ucode-amd-20170530-7.12.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032