Security update for microcode_ctl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:14048-1
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-12126 ( SUSE ): 3.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12126 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12127 ( SUSE ): 3.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12127 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12130 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2018-12130 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2019-11091 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2019-11091 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for microcode_ctl fixes the following issues:

This update contains the Intel QSR 2019.1 Microcode release (bsc#1111331)

Four new speculative execution information leak issues have been identified in Intel CPUs. (bsc#1111331)

  • CVE-2018-12126: Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS)
  • CVE-2018-12127: Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS)
  • CVE-2018-12130: Microarchitectural Load Port Data Samling (MLPDS)
  • CVE-2019-11091: Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM)

These updates contain the CPU Microcode adjustments for the software mitigations.

For more information on this set of vulnerabilities, check out https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7023736

Release notes:

  • Processor Identifier Version Products
  • Model Stepping F-MO-S/PI Old->New
  • ---- new platforms ----------------------------------------
  • CLX-SP B1 6-55-7/bf 05000021 Xeon Scalable Gen2
  • ---- updated platforms ------------------------------------
  • SNB D2/G1/Q0 6-2a-7/12 0000002e->0000002f Core Gen2
  • IVB E1/L1 6-3a-9/12 00000020->00000021 Core Gen3
  • HSW C0 6-3c-3/32 00000025->00000027 Core Gen4
  • BDW-U/Y E0/F0 6-3d-4/c0 0000002b->0000002d Core Gen5
  • IVB-E/EP C1/M1/S1 6-3e-4/ed 0000042e->0000042f Core Gen3 X Series; Xeon E5 v2
  • IVB-EX D1 6-3e-7/ed 00000714->00000715 Xeon E7 v2
  • HSX-E/EP Cx/M1 6-3f-2/6f 00000041->00000043 Core Gen4 X series; Xeon E5 v3
  • HSX-EX E0 6-3f-4/80 00000013->00000014 Xeon E7 v3
  • HSW-U C0/D0 6-45-1/72 00000024->00000025 Core Gen4
  • HSW-H C0 6-46-1/32 0000001a->0000001b Core Gen4
  • BDW-H/E3 E0/G0 6-47-1/22 0000001e->00000020 Core Gen5
  • SKL-U/Y D0/K1 6-4e-3/c0 000000c6->000000cc Core Gen6
  • SKX-SP H0/M0/U0 6-55-4/b7 0200005a->0000005e Xeon Scalable
  • SKX-D M1 6-55-4/b7 0200005a->0000005e Xeon D-21xx
  • BDX-DE V1 6-56-2/10 00000019->0000001a Xeon D-1520/40
  • BDX-DE V2/3 6-56-3/10 07000016->07000017 Xeon D-1518/19/21/27/28/31/33/37/41/48, Pentium D1507/08/09/17/19
  • BDX-DE Y0 6-56-4/10 0f000014->0f000015 Xeon D-1557/59/67/71/77/81/87
  • BDX-NS A0 6-56-5/10 0e00000c->0e00000d Xeon D-1513N/23/33/43/53
  • APL D0 6-5c-9/03 00000036->00000038 Pentium N/J4xxx, Celeron N/J3xxx, Atom x5/7-E39xx
  • SKL-H/S R0/N0 6-5e-3/36 000000c6->000000cc Core Gen6; Xeon E3 v5
  • DNV B0 6-5f-1/01 00000024->0000002e Atom Processor C Series
  • GLK B0 6-7a-1/01 0000002c->0000002e Pentium Silver N/J5xxx, Celeron N/J4xxx
  • AML-Y22 H0 6-8e-9/10 0000009e->000000b4 Core Gen8 Mobile
  • KBL-U/Y H0 6-8e-9/c0 0000009a->000000b4 Core Gen7 Mobile
  • CFL-U43e D0 6-8e-a/c0 0000009e->000000b4 Core Gen8 Mobile
  • WHL-U W0 6-8e-b/d0 000000a4->000000b8 Core Gen8 Mobile
  • WHL-U V0 6-8e-d/94 000000b2->000000b8 Core Gen8 Mobile
  • KBL-G/H/S/E3 B0 6-9e-9/2a 0000009a->000000b4 Core Gen7; Xeon E3 v6
  • CFL-H/S/E3 U0 6-9e-a/22 000000aa->000000b4 Core Gen8 Desktop, Mobile, Xeon E
  • CFL-S B0 6-9e-b/02 000000aa->000000b4 Core Gen8
  • CFL-H/S P0 6-9e-c/22 000000a2->000000ae Core Gen9
  • CFL-H R0 6-9e-d/22 000000b0->000000b8 Core Gen9 Mobile

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:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-14048=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-14048=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-microcode_ctl-14048=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.36.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.36.1

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