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openSUSE 15.3: SUSE-SU-2023:4466-1 important: IOMMU fixes

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Calendar Grey November 16, 2023
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A critical security patch for xen tackles CVE-2023-46840 and CVE-2023-46841, enhancing overall system protection.
This update for xen fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-46835: x86/AMD: mismatch in IOMMU quarantine page table levels (XSA-445) (bsc#1216654).

Description

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-46835: x86/AMD: mismatch in IOMMU quarantine page table levels

(XSA-445) (bsc#1216654).

* CVE-2023-46836: x86: BTC/SRSO fixes not fully effective (XSA-446)

(bsc#1216807).

## Special Instructions and Notes:

* Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important system update threat mitigation system security important update xen openSUSE xen security IOMMU issue IOMMU fixes

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-ESPOS-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2023-4466=1

* SUSE Linux...

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Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)

* xen-debugsource-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-libs-debuginfo-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-libs-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-tools-domU-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-devel-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)

* xen-libs-32bit-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64)

* xen-tools-debuginfo-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-tools-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-doc-html-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)

* xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64_ilp32)

* xen-libs-64bit-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP3 (x86_64)

* xen-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-debugsource-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

* xen-tools-debuginfo-4.14.6_08-150300.3.60.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1216654

* bsc#1216807

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46835.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46836.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216654

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216807

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:4466-1
Rating: important

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security advisory buffer overflow important system update threat mitigation system security important update xen openSUSE xen security IOMMU issue IOMMU fixes

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