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SUSE: 2018:1486-1 Moderate: HA Kernel Modules Security Update

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2018
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Debian Security Patch: Enhancement for kernel components addresses significant concerns including Spectre vulnerabilities.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update provides rebuilds of HA kernel modules with retpoline support to mitigate Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715 bsc#1068032) cluster fs also received these bugfixes: - backport patch to fix dlmglue false deadlock (bnc#962257) - Fix for online increase of filesystem in kernel mode fails (bsc#936517). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-2018-1014=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12 (s390x x86_64): cluster-network-kmp-default-1.4_k3.12.61_52.133-26.4.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE bugfix kernel modules Spectre HA

References

#1068032 #936517 #962257

Cross- CVE-2017-5715

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032

https://bugzilla.suse.com/936517

https://bugzilla.suse.com/962257

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1486-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE bugfix kernel modules Spectre HA

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