🛡️ SUSE-SU-2021:2862-1 — spectre-meltdown-checker (CVE-2017-5753)
Description
Security update for spectre-meltdown-checker
This update for spectre-meltdown-checker fixes the following issues:
spectre-meltdown-checker was updated to version 0.44 (bsc#1189477)
- feat: add support for SRBDS related vulnerabilities
- feat: add zstd kernel decompression (#370)
- enh: arm: add experimental support for binary arm images
- enh: rsb filling: no longer need the 'strings' tool to check for kernel support in live mode
- fix: fwdb: remove Intel extract tempdir on exit
- fix: has_vmm: ignore kernel threads when looking for a hypervisor (fixes #278)
- fix: fwdb: use the commit date as the intel fwdb version
- fix: fwdb: update Intel's repository URL
- fix: arm64: CVE-2017-5753: kernels 4.19+ use a different nospec macro
- fix: on CPU parse info under FreeBSD
- chore: github: add check run on pull requests
- chore: fwdb: update to v165.20201021+i20200616
Affected software
SUSE-SU-2021:2862-1 is recorded against 1 package.
- spectre-meltdown-checker (fixed in 0.44-3.6.1)
Timeline and source
Published on 27 August 2021 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
www.suse.com (Advisory)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
www.suse.com (Web)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| spectre-meltdown-checker | — | 0.44-3.6.1 |
References
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