Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2535-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-42335 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2022-42335 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-42336 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has five security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Security fixes:

  • CVE-2022-42336: Fix an issue where guests configuring AMD Speculative Store Bypass Disable would have no effect (XSA-431) (bsc#1211433).
  • CVE-2022-42335: Fixed an issue where guests running under shadow mode with a PCI devices passed through could force the hypervisor to dereference arbitrary memory, leading to a denial of service (XSA-430) (bsc#1210315).

Non-security fixes:

  • Fixed a build warning false positive (bsc#1210570).
  • Added missing debug-info to xen-syms (bsc#1209237).
  • Updated to version 4.17.1 (bsc#1027519).
  • Fixed a failure during VM destruction when using host-assisted kexec and kdump (bsc#1209245).
  • Other upstream fixes (bsc#1027519).

Special Instructions and Notes:

  • Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2023-2535=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2023-2535=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2023-2535=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2023-2535=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-devel-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xen-doc-html-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • xen-libs-64bit-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-libs-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (x86_64)
    • xen-debugsource-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-devel-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-tools-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
    • xen-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.17.1_04-150500.3.3.1

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