Security update for qemu

SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:2956-1
Rating: important
References: #1119991 #1146873 #1152506 #1153358 #1155812
Cross-References:CVE-2018-12207 CVE-2018-20126 CVE-2019-11135 CVE-2019-12068
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.

Description:

This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

  • Remove a backslash "\" escape character from 80-qemu-ga.rules (bsc#1153358) Unlike sles 15 or newer guests, The udev rule file of qemu guest agent in sles 12 sp4 or newer guest only needs one escape character.

  • Fix use-after-free in slirp (CVE-2018-20126 bsc#1119991)
  • Fix potential DOS in lsi scsi controller emulation (CVE-2019-12068 bsc#1146873)
  • Expose taa-no "feature", indicating CPU does not have the TSX Async Abort vulnerability. (CVE-2019-11135 bsc#1152506)
  • Expose pschange-mc-no "feature", indicating CPU does not have the page size change machine check vulnerability (CVE-2018-12207 bsc#1155812)
  • Patch queue updated from https://gitlab.suse.de/virtualization/qemu.git SLE12-SP4

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 Server 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2956=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2956=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
    • qemu-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-curl-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-iscsi-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-ssh-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-debugsource-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-guest-agent-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-lang-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-tools-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64 x86_64):
    • qemu-block-rbd-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • qemu-kvm-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (aarch64):
    • qemu-arm-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-arm-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (ppc64le):
    • qemu-ppc-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • qemu-ipxe-1.0.0+-5.23.2
    • qemu-seabios-1.11.0-5.23.2
    • qemu-sgabios-8-5.23.2
    • qemu-vgabios-1.11.0-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • qemu-x86-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 (s390x):
    • qemu-s390-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (x86_64):
    • qemu-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-curl-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-debugsource-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-kvm-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-tools-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.11.2-5.23.2
    • qemu-x86-2.11.2-5.23.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4 (noarch):
    • qemu-ipxe-1.0.0+-5.23.2
    • qemu-seabios-1.11.0-5.23.2
    • qemu-sgabios-8-5.23.2
    • qemu-vgabios-1.11.0-5.23.2

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