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openSUSE: 2018:0026-1 Important Security Fix for Kernel-Firmware

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Calendar Grey January 5, 2018
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A crucial system patch for kernel-firmware has been released for openSUSE to address vulnerabilities that may lead to unauthorized information exposure.
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.

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Patch

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

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0026-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2 .

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Topics Covered

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