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SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2021:14758-1 (microcode_ctl)

From:  sle-security-updates@lists.suse.com
To:  sle-security-updates@lists.suse.com
Subject:  SUSE-SU-2021:14758-1: important: Security update for microcode_ctl
Date:  Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:16:44 +0200
Message-ID:  <20210628161644.D90CBF78F@maintenance.suse.de>

SUSE Security Update: Security update for microcode_ctl ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14758-1 Rating: important References: #1179833 #1179836 #1179837 #1179839 Cross-References: CVE-2020-24489 CVE-2020-24511 CVE-2020-24512 CVE-2020-24513 CVSS scores: CVE-2020-24489 (SUSE): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2020-24511 (SUSE): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2020-24512 (SUSE): 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2020-24513 (SUSE): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N Affected Products: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available. Description: This update for microcode_ctl fixes the following issues: Updated to Intel CPU Microcode 20210525 release: - CVE-2020-24513: A domain bypass transient execution vulnerability was discovered on some Intel Atom processors that use a micro-architectural incident channel. (bsc#1179833) - CVE-2020-24511: The IBRS feature to mitigate Spectre variant 2 transient execution side channel vulnerabilities may not fully prevent non-root (guest) branches from controlling the branch predictions of the root (host) (bsc#1179836) - CVE-2020-24512: Fixed trivial data value cache-lines such as all-zero value cache-lines may lead to changes in cache-allocation or write-back behavior for such cache-lines (bsc#1179837) - CVE-2020-24489: Fixed Intel VT-d device pass through potential local privilege escalation (bsc#1179839) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security 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 Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-14758=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-microcode_ctl-14758=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 x86_64): microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.71.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3 (i586): microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.71.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24489.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24511.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24512.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-24513.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179833 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179836 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179837 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179839


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