Security update for kvm
Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2016:0020-1 |
Rating: | important |
References: | #947164 #950590 #953187 #956829 #957162 |
Affected Products: |
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has three fixes is now available.
Description:
This update for kvm fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2015-7512: The receive packet size is now checked in the emulated
pcnet driver, eliminating buffer overflow and potential security issue
by malicious guest systems. (bsc#957162)
- CVE-2015-8345: A infinite loop in processing command block list was
fixed that could be exploit by malicious guest systems (bsc#956829).
Bugs fixed:
- Fix cases of wrong clock values in kvmclock timekeeping (bsc#947164 and
bsc#953187)
- Enforce pxe rom sizes to ensure migration compatibility. (bsc#950590)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-kvm-12294=1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-kvm-12294=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 s390x x86_64):
- kvm-1.4.2-37.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- kvm-1.4.2-37.1