SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0007-1
Rating: important
References: #1052825 #1068032
Cross-References: CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL
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An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
is now available.
Description:
This update for qemu fixes the following issues:
A new feature was added:
– Support EPYC vCPU type (bsc#1052825 fate#324038)
Also a mitigation for a security problem 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)
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-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-9=1
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-9=1
– SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-9=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use “zypper patch”.
Package List:
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
qemu-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-curl-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-iscsi-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-ssh-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-debugsource-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-guest-agent-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-lang-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-tools-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 x86_64):
qemu-block-rbd-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (s390x x86_64):
qemu-kvm-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (ppc64le):
qemu-ppc-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64):
qemu-arm-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-arm-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (noarch):
qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-6.9.2
qemu-seabios-1.10.2-6.9.2
qemu-sgabios-8-6.9.2
qemu-vgabios-1.10.2-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):
qemu-x86-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (s390x):
qemu-s390-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (noarch):
qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-6.9.2
qemu-seabios-1.10.2-6.9.2
qemu-sgabios-8-6.9.2
qemu-vgabios-1.10.2-6.9.2
– SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
qemu-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-curl-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-debugsource-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-kvm-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-tools-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-x86-2.9.1-6.9.2
– SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL (x86_64):
qemu-debugsource-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-guest-agent-2.9.1-6.9.2
qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052825
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
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