Security update for qemu
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)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.
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Submitted by
Bruce Rogers (bfrogers)
Fixed bugs
bnc#1052825
Epyc support for libvirt
bnc#1068032
VUL-0: EMBARGOED: more side channel attacks on the Intel, AMD and IBM PowerPC, IBM zSeries, ARM platforms
