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