File _patchinfo of Package patchinfo.6414
<patchinfo incident="6414">
<issue id="1068032" tracker="bnc">VUL-0: speculative side channel attacks on various CPU platforms aka "SpectreAttack" and "MeltdownAttack"</issue>
<issue id="2017-5715" tracker="cve"></issue>
<issue id="2017-5753" tracker="cve"></issue>
<category>security</category>
<rating>important</rating>
<packager>alnovak</packager>
<reboot_needed/>
<description>
The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.
This update is only provided as a fix update for IBM Z platform.
- CVE-2017-5753 / "Spectre Attack": IBM Z fixes were included but not enabled in the previous update. This update enables those fixes.
- CVE-2017-5715 / "Spectre Attack": IBM Z fixes were already included in the previous update. A bugfix for the patches has been applied on top.
- CVE-2017-5754: The IBM Z architecture is not affected by the "Meltdown" attack.
</description>
<summary>Security update for the Linux Kernel</summary>
</patchinfo>