Security update for xen

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:0940-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-26401 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2021-26401 ( NVD ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2022-0001 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2022-0001 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2022-0002 ( SUSE ): 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2022-0002 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 Business Critical Linux 15-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.2

An update that solves three vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xen fixes the following issues:

Update Xen to version 4.14.4 (bsc#1027519)

Transient execution side-channel attacks attacking the Branch History Buffer (BHB), named "Branch Target Injection" and "Intra-Mode Branch History Injection" are now mitigated.

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2022-0001, CVE-2022-0002, CVE-2021-26401: BHB speculation issues (bsc#1196915).

Non-security issues fixed:

  • Fixed issue around xl and virsh operation - virsh list not giving any output (bsc#1191668).

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 15.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2022-940=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-940=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP3-2022-940=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.1-2022-940=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64 i586)
    • xen-libs-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-devel-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-32bit-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-libs-32bit-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-doc-html-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • xen-libs-64bit-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-libs-64bit-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-tools-domU-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-tools-domU-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3 (x86_64)
    • xen-tools-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-devel-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-tools-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP3 (noarch)
    • xen-tools-xendomains-wait-disk-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 (x86_64)
    • xen-libs-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-libs-debuginfo-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1
    • xen-debugsource-4.14.4_02-150300.3.21.1

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