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    <h1>Security update for kernel-firmware</h1>

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            <th>Announcement ID:</th>
            <td>SUSE-SU-2024:2911-1</td>
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            <th>Rating:</th>
            <td>important</td>
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            <th>References:</th>
            <td>
                <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229069">bsc#1229069</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    
                </ul>
            </td>
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                <th>
                    Cross-References:
                </th>
                <td>
                    <ul>
                    
                        <li style="display: inline;">
                            <a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31315.html">CVE-2023-31315</a>
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                <th>CVSS scores:</th>
                <td>
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                            <li class="list-group-item">
                                <span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-31315</span>
                                <span class="cvss-source">
                                    (
                                    
                                        SUSE
                                    
                                    ):
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                                <span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
                                <span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
                            </li>
                        
                    </ul>
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            <th>Affected Products:</th>
            <td>
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                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
                    
                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
                    
                        <li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
                    
                </ul>
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    <p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>

    


    
        <h2>Description:</h2>
    
    <p>This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2023-31315: Fixed validation in a model specific register (MSR) that lead to modification of SMM configuration by malicious program with ring0 access (bsc#1229069)</li>
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        <h2>Special Instructions and Notes:</h2>
        <ul>
            
            
                <li>Please reboot the system after installing this update.</li>
            
            
        </ul>
    

    <h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
    <p>
        To install this SUSE  update use the SUSE recommended
        installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>

        Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2911=1</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
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                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2911=1</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
            <li class="list-group-item">
                SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
                
                    
                        <br/>
                        <code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-2911=1</code>
                    
                    
                
            </li>
        
    </ul>

    <h2>Package List:</h2>
    <ul>
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (noarch)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>kernel-firmware-20190618-5.37.1</li>
                        
                            <li>ucode-amd-20190618-5.37.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (noarch)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>kernel-firmware-20190618-5.37.1</li>
                        
                            <li>ucode-amd-20190618-5.37.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
            
                <li>
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (noarch)
                    <ul>
                        
                            <li>kernel-firmware-20190618-5.37.1</li>
                        
                            <li>ucode-amd-20190618-5.37.1</li>
                        
                    </ul>
                </li>
            
        
    </ul>

    
        <h2>References:</h2>
        <ul>
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31315.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31315.html</a>
                    </li>
                
            
                
                    <li>
                        <a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229069">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229069</a>
                    </li>
                
            
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