Security update for ucode-intel

SUSE Security Update: Security update for ucode-intel
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0006-1
Rating: important
References: #1068032
Affected Products:
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
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    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:

    This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:


    The CPU microcode for Haswell-X, Skylake-X and Broadwell-X chipsets was
    updated to report both branch prediction control via CPUID flag and
    ability to control branch prediction via an MSR register.

    This update is part of a mitigation for a branch predictor based
    information disclosure attack, and needs additional code in the Linux
    Kernel to be active (bsc#1068032 CVE-2017-5715)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2018-7=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2018-7=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-7=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-7=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-7=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2018-7=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-7=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-7=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.8.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.8.1

    References: