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This update provides rebuilt kernel modules for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 products with retpoline enablement to address Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715 bsc#1068032). Following modules have been rebuilt: - drbd - oracleasm - crash - lttng-modules 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 Software Development Kit 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1027=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1027=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP3-2018-1027=1 Package List:
#1068032
Cross- CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032
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