SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel ______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0114-1 Rating: important References: #1068032 Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753 Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS ______________________________________________________________________________

An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

This update is only provided as a fix update for IBM Z platform.

- CVE-2017-5753 / "Spectre Attack": IBM Z fixes were included but not enabled in the previous update. This update enables those fixes. - CVE-2017-5715 / "Spectre Attack": IBM Z fixes were already included in the previous update. A bugfix for the patches has been applied on top. - CVE-2017-5754: The IBM Z architecture is not affected by the "Meltdown" attack.

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 12-SP1-LTSS:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-81=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (noarch):

kernel-devel-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-macros-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-source-3.12.74-60.64.72.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (s390x):

kernel-default-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-default-base-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-default-devel-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-default-man-3.12.74-60.64.72.1 kernel-syms-3.12.74-60.64.72.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032