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SUSE Linux Enterprise 12-SP1-LTSS Important: Spectre Fix for IBM Z

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Linux patches tackle critical kernel vulnerabilities linked to Spectre for IBM Z platforms. Ensure security through timely updates.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This update is only provided as a fix update for IBM Z platform. - CVE-2017-5753 / "Spectre Attack": IBM Z fixes were included but not enabled in the previous update. This update enables those fixes. - CVE-2017-5715 / "Spectre Attack": IBM Z fixes were already included in the previous update. A bugfix for the patches has been applied on top. - CVE-2017-5754: The IBM Z architecture is not affected by the "Meltdown" attack. 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-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-81=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

References

#1068032

Cross- CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0114-1
Rating: important

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