Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2024:0884-1 | 
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| Rating: | moderate | 
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An update that solves one vulnerability and contains two features can now be installed.
Description:
This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues:
- updated to 0.46 This release mainly focuses on the detection of the new Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593) vulnerability, among few other changes that were in line waiting for a release:
- feat: detect the vulnerability and mitigation of Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593)
- feat: add the linux-firmware repository as another source for CPU microcode versions
- feat: arm: add Neoverse-N2, Neoverse-V1 and Neoverse-V2
- fix: docker: adding missing utils (#433)
- feat: add support for Guix System kernel
- fix: rewrite SQL to be sqlite3 >= 3.41 compatible (#443)
- fix: a /devnull file was mistakenly created on the filesystem
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fix: fwdb: ignore MCEdb versions where an official Intel version exists (fixes #430) 
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updated to 0.45 
- arm64: phytium: Add CPU Implementer Phytium
- arm64: variant 4: detect ssbd mitigation from kernel img, system.map or kconfig
- chore: ensure vars are set before being dereferenced (set -u compat)
- chore: fix indentation
- chore: fwdb: update to v220+i20220208
- chore: only attempt to load msr and cpuid module once
- chore: read_cpuid: use named constants
- chore: readme: framapic is gone, host the screenshots on GitHub
- chore: replace 'Vulnerable to' by 'Affected by' in the hw section
- chore: speculative execution -> transient execution
- chore: update fwdb to v222+i20220208
- chore: update Intel Family 6 models
- chore: wording: model not vulnerable -> model not affected
- doc: add an FAQ entry about CVE support
- doc: add an FAQ.md and update the README.md accordingly
- doc: more FAQ and README
- doc: readme: make the FAQ entry more visible
- feat: add --allow-msr-write, no longer write by default (#385), detect when writing is denied
- feat: add --cpu, apply changes to (read|write)_msr, update fwdb to v221+i20220208
- feat: add subleaf != 0 support for read_cpuid
- feat: arm: add Cortex A77 and Neoverse-N1 (fixes #371)
- feat: bsd: for unimplemented CVEs, at least report when CPU is not affected
- feat: hw check: add IPRED, RRSBA, BHI features check
- feat: implement detection for MCEPSC under BSD
- feat: set default TMPDIR for Android (#415)
- fix: extract_kernel: don't overwrite kernel_err if already set
- fix: has_vmm false positive with pcp
- fix: is_ucode_blacklisted: fix some model names
- fix: mcedb: v191 changed the MCE table format
- fix: refuse to run under MacOS and ESXi
- fix: retpoline: detection on 5.15.28+ (#420)
- fix: variant4: added case where prctl ssbd status is tagged as 'unknown'
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:
    
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                SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.3-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.3-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Manager Server 4.3
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.3-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-7.1-2024-884=1
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                openSUSE Leap 15.5
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-884=1
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                Basesystem Module 15-SP5
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP3-LTSS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLED-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP3-LTSS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP3-2024-884=1
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
                
                    
                        
 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2024-884=1
Package List:
- 
                    SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP3 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 LTSS 15-SP3 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS 15-SP4 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
- 
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (x86_64)
                    - spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-150100.3.9.1
 
