SUSE Security Update: Security update for kvm ______________________________________________________________________________
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0039-1 Rating: important References: #1026612 #1068032 Cross-References: CVE-2017-2633 CVE-2017-5715 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
A security flaw mitigation has been applied:
- CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032)
Also a security fix has been applied:
- CVE-2017-2633: Fix various out of bounds access issues in the QEMU vnc infrastructure (bsc#1026612)
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-SP3-LTSS:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kvm-13397=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch sleposp3-kvm-13397=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
kvm-1.4.2-53.14.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586):
kvm-1.4.2-53.14.1
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2633.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1026612 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032