Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0701-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

Xen was updated 4.4.2_01 to address three security issues and functional bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed: - Long latency MMIO mapping operations are not preemptible (XSA-125, CVE-2015-2752, bnc#922705) - Unmediated PCI command register access in qemu (XSA-126, CVE-2015-2756, bnc#922706) - Certain domctl operations may be abused to lock up the host (XSA-127, CVE-2015-2751, bnc#922709)

The following non-security bugs were fixed: - xen dmesg contains bogus output in early boot (bnc#923758) - Xentop doesn't display disk statistics for VMs using qdisks (bnc#921842)

The following functionality was enabled: - Enable spice support in qemu for x86_64 - Add Qxl vga support

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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 Desktop 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-162=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2015-162=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-162=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-162=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64)
    • xen-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_02_k3.12.38_44-15.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_02_k3.12.38_44-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 (x86_64)
    • xen-devel-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_02-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (x86_64)
    • xen-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_02_k3.12.38_44-15.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_02_k3.12.38_44-15.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
    • xen-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-32bit-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-4.4.2_02_k3.12.38_44-15.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-libs-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.4.2_02-15.1
    • xen-kmp-default-debuginfo-4.4.2_02_k3.12.38_44-15.1

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