Recommended update for jitterentropy

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2024:2024-2
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for jitterentropy fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed a stack corruption on s390x: [bsc#1209627]
  • Output size of the STCKE command on s390x is 16 bytes, compared to 8 bytes of the STCK command. Fix a stack corruption in the s390x version of jent_get_nstime(). Add some more detailed information on the STCKE command.

Updated to 3.4.1

  • add FIPS 140 hints to man page
  • simplify the test tool to search for optimal configurations
  • fix: jent_loop_shuffle: re-add setting the time that was lost with 3.4.0
  • enhancement: add ARM64 assembler code to read high-res timer

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 Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2024-2024=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libjitterentropy3-debuginfo-3.4.1-150000.1.12.1
    • libjitterentropy3-3.4.1-150000.1.12.1
    • jitterentropy-devel-3.4.1-150000.1.12.1
    • jitterentropy-debugsource-3.4.1-150000.1.12.1

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