Security update for kernel-firmware

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2019:1802-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1091203 bsc#1104289 bsc#1110720 bsc#1122456 bsc#1128292 bsc#1132303 bsc#1136334 bsc#1136498 bsc#1139383
Cross-References:	CVE-2019-9836
CVSS scores:	CVE-2019-9836 ( SUSE ): 4.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2019-9836 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVE-2019-9836 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4

An update that solves one vulnerability and has eight security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for kernel-firmware aligns the firmware code with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15. The version is now at 20190618.

Please refer to the kernel-firmware rpm changelog file to see the full history of changes.

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 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1802=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1802=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1802=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1802=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 (noarch)
  • ucode-amd-20190618-5.8.1
  • kernel-firmware-20190618-5.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 (noarch)
  • ucode-amd-20190618-5.8.1
  • kernel-firmware-20190618-5.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 (noarch)
  • ucode-amd-20190618-5.8.1
  • kernel-firmware-20190618-5.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 (noarch)
  • ucode-amd-20190618-5.8.1
  • kernel-firmware-20190618-5.8.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9836.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1091203
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104289
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110720
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122456
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128292
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1132303
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1136334
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1136498
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1139383