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<h1>Security update for kernel-firmware</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2024:2944-1</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229069">bsc#1229069</a>
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</ul>
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Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-31315.html">CVE-2023-31315</a>
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</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<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>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2</li>
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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>
</ul>
<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 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-2944=1</code>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP2-LTSS-2024-2944=1</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP2-2024-2944=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>ucode-amd-20200107-150100.3.43.1</li>
<li>kernel-firmware-20200107-150100.3.43.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 LTSS 15-SP2 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>ucode-amd-20200107-150100.3.43.1</li>
<li>kernel-firmware-20200107-150100.3.43.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>ucode-amd-20200107-150100.3.43.1</li>
<li>kernel-firmware-20200107-150100.3.43.1</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>
</ul>
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