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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