This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:
This new firmware disables branch prediction on AMD family 17h processor
to mitigate an attack on the branch predictor that could lead to
information disclosure from e.g. kernel memory (bsc#1068032 CVE-2017-5715).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
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openSUSE Leap | 42.2 | noarch | kernel-firmware | < 20170530-7.12.1 | kernel-firmware-20170530-7.12.1.noarch.rpm |
openSUSE Leap | 42.2 | noarch | ucode-amd | < 20170530-7.12.1 | ucode-amd-20170530-7.12.1.noarch.rpm |