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HistoryJan 04, 2018 - 3:07 a.m.

Security update for qemu (important)

2018-01-0403:07:43
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This update for qemu fixes the following issues:

A new feature was added:

  • Support EPYC vCPU type (bsc#1052825 fate#324038)

Also a mitigation for a security problem has been applied:

  • CVE-2017-5715: QEMU was updated to allow passing through new MSR and
    CPUID flags from the host VM to the CPU, to allow enabling/disabling
    branch prediction features in the Intel CPU. (bsc#1068032)