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gpp_maybe Security update for xen
SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-572

This update for xen to version 4.7.2 fixes the following issues: These security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-7228: Broken check in memory_exchange() permited PV guest breakout (bsc#1030442). - XSA-206: Unprivileged guests issuing writes to xenstore were able to stall progress of the control domain or driver domain, possibly leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) of the entire host (bsc#1030144). - CVE-2017-6505: The ohci_service_ed_list function in hw/usb/hcd-ohci.c allowed local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors involving the number of link endpoint list descriptors (bsc#1028235). These non-security issues were fixed: - bsc#1015348: libvirtd didn't not start during boot - bsc#1014136: kdump couldn't dump a kernel on SLES12-SP2 with Xen hypervisor. - bsc#1026236: Fixed paravirtualized performance - bsc#1022555: Timeout in "execution of /etc/xen/scripts/block add" - bsc#1029827: Forward port xenstored - bsc#1029128: Make xen to really produce xen.efi with gcc48

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.2 aarch64
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    xen
    Xen Virtualization: Hypervisor (aka VMM aka Microkernel)
    4.7.2_02-36.1 lock src
    xen-devel
    Xen Virtualization: Headers and libraries for development
    4.7.2_02-36.1 lock rpm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12.2 x86_64
  • Packages
    xen
    Xen Virtualization: Hypervisor (aka VMM aka Microkernel)
    4.7.2_02-36.1 lock src
    xen-devel
    Xen Virtualization: Headers and libraries for development
    4.7.2_02-36.1 lock rpm