This update for kernel-firmware fixes the following issues:
This new firmware enables the Indirect Branch Control (IBC) feature 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).
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 12 | noarch | kernel-firmware | <Â 20140807git-5.3.1 | kernel-firmware-20140807git-5.3.1.noarch.rpm |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 12 | noarch | ucode-amd | <Â 20140807git-5.3.1 | ucode-amd-20140807git-5.3.1.noarch.rpm |