SUSE-SU-2018:0007-1: important: Security update for qemu

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Security Update: Security update for qemu
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2018:0007-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1052825 #1068032 
Cross-References:   CVE-2017-5715
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
                    SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL
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   An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata
   is now available.

Description:



   This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

   A new feature was added:

   - Support EPYC vCPU type (bsc#1052825 fate#324038)

   Also a mitigation for a security problem has been applied:

   - CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and
     CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling
     branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032)


Patch Instructions:

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

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-9=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-9=1

   - SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-9=1

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

      qemu-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-curl-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-iscsi-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-iscsi-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-ssh-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-ssh-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-debugsource-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-guest-agent-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-lang-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-tools-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64 x86_64):

      qemu-block-rbd-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-rbd-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (s390x x86_64):

      qemu-kvm-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (ppc64le):

      qemu-ppc-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-ppc-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (aarch64):

      qemu-arm-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-arm-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (noarch):

      qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-6.9.2
      qemu-seabios-1.10.2-6.9.2
      qemu-sgabios-8-6.9.2
      qemu-vgabios-1.10.2-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      qemu-x86-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (s390x):

      qemu-s390-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-s390-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (noarch):

      qemu-ipxe-1.0.0-6.9.2
      qemu-seabios-1.10.2-6.9.2
      qemu-sgabios-8-6.9.2
      qemu-vgabios-1.10.2-6.9.2

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      qemu-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-curl-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-block-curl-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-debugsource-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-kvm-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-tools-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-tools-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-x86-2.9.1-6.9.2

   - SUSE Container as a Service Platform ALL (x86_64):

      qemu-debugsource-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-guest-agent-2.9.1-6.9.2
      qemu-guest-agent-debuginfo-2.9.1-6.9.2


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1052825
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068032