Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0885-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-20593 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2023-20593 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and contains two features can now be installed.

Description:

This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues:

  • updated to 0.46 This release mainly focuses on the detection of the new Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593) vulnerability, among few other changes that were in line waiting for a release:
  • feat: detect the vulnerability and mitigation of Zenbleed (CVE-2023-20593)
  • feat: add the linux-firmware repository as another source for CPU microcode versions
  • feat: arm: add Neoverse-N2, Neoverse-V1 and Neoverse-V2
  • fix: docker: adding missing utils (#433)
  • feat: add support for Guix System kernel
  • fix: rewrite SQL to be sqlite3 >= 3.41 compatible (#443)
  • fix: a /devnull file was mistakenly created on the filesystem

  • fix: fwdb: ignore MCEdb versions where an official Intel version exists (fixes #430)

  • updated to 0.45

  • arm64: phytium: Add CPU Implementer Phytium
  • arm64: variant 4: detect ssbd mitigation from kernel img, system.map or kconfig
  • chore: ensure vars are set before being dereferenced (set -u compat)
  • chore: fix indentation
  • chore: fwdb: update to v220+i20220208
  • chore: only attempt to load msr and cpuid module once
  • chore: read_cpuid: use named constants
  • chore: readme: framapic is gone, host the screenshots on GitHub
  • chore: replace 'Vulnerable to' by 'Affected by' in the hw section
  • chore: speculative execution -> transient execution
  • chore: update fwdb to v222+i20220208
  • chore: update Intel Family 6 models
  • chore: wording: model not vulnerable -> model not affected
  • doc: add an FAQ entry about CVE support
  • doc: add an FAQ.md and update the README.md accordingly
  • doc: more FAQ and README
  • doc: readme: make the FAQ entry more visible
  • feat: add --allow-msr-write, no longer write by default (#385), detect when writing is denied
  • feat: add --cpu, apply changes to (read|write)_msr, update fwdb to v221+i20220208
  • feat: add subleaf != 0 support for read_cpuid
  • feat: arm: add Cortex A77 and Neoverse-N1 (fixes #371)
  • feat: bsd: for unimplemented CVEs, at least report when CPU is not affected
  • feat: hw check: add IPRED, RRSBA, BHI features check
  • feat: implement detection for MCEPSC under BSD
  • feat: set default TMPDIR for Android (#415)
  • fix: extract_kernel: don't overwrite kernel_err if already set
  • fix: has_vmm false positive with pcp
  • fix: is_ucode_blacklisted: fix some model names
  • fix: mcedb: v191 changed the MCE table format
  • fix: refuse to run under MacOS and ESXi
  • fix: retpoline: detection on 5.15.28+ (#420)
  • fix: variant4: added case where prctl ssbd status is tagged as 'unknown'

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 Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-885=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-885=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-885=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-3.9.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • spectre-meltdown-checker-0.46-3.9.1

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