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openSUSE: 2024:1259-1 Moderate: Xen Denial of Service Issue

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 12, 2024
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This upgrade addresses multiple concerns in KVM, boosting overall safety and offering guidelines for rectifications.
This update for xen fixes the following issues: CVE-2023-46842: Fixed denial of service due to Xen bug check triggered by HVM hypercalls (XSA-454) in xen x86 (bsc#1221984)

Description

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2023-46842: Fixed denial of service due to Xen bug check triggered by

HVM hypercalls (XSA-454) in xen x86 (bsc#1221984)

* CVE-2024-31142: Fixed incorrect logic for BTC/SRSO mitigations (XSA-455) in

xen x86 (bsc#1222302)

* CVE-2024-2201: Fixed memory disclosure via Native Branch History Injection

(XSA-456) in xen x86 (bsc#1222453)

Other fixes:

* Update to Xen 4.16.6 (bsc#1027519)

## Special Instructions and Notes:

* Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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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 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-1259=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.3-2024-1259=1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-Micro-5.4-2024-1259=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2024-1259=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2024-1259=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2024-1259=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2024-1259=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)

* xen-tools-domU-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-debugsource-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-devel-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-libs-debuginfo-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-libs-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* xen-libs-32bit-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 x86_64)

* xen-doc-html-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-tools-debuginfo-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-tools-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)

* xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* xen-libs-64bit-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 (x86_64)

* xen-debugsource-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-libs-debuginfo-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* xen-libs-4.16.6_02-150400.4.55.1

* openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 (x86_64)

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1027519

* bsc#1221984

* bsc#1222302

* bsc#1222453

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46842.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-2201.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-31142.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027519

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221984

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222302

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1222453

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1259-1
Rating: moderate

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