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Security Advisory - CPU Vulnerabilities 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre'

  • SA No:huawei-sa-20180106-01-cpu
  • Initial Release Date: Jan 06, 2018
  • Last Release Date: Dec 15, 2021

Security researchers disclosed two groups of CPU vulnerabilities "Meltdown" and "Spectre". In some circumstances, a local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to read memory information belonging to other processes or other operating system kernel. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-01001, HWPSIRT-2018-01002, HWPSIRT-2018-01003)

This vulnerability has been assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754.

Huawei has released software updates to fix these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:

http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20180106-01-cpu-en

Carrier customers can log into Huawei Support website to obtain information about affected products and solutions: http://support.huawei.com/carrier/docview!docview?nid=NEWS2100007596&path=PBI1-8132379


Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

1288H V5/ 2288H V5

Earlier than V100R005C00SPC110 (BIOS V059) versions

V100R005C00SPC110 (BIOS V059)

2488 V5

Earlier than V100R005C00SPC301 (BIOS V080) versions

V100R005C00SPC301 (BIOS V080)

2488H V5

Earlier than V100R005C00SPC101 (BIOS V080) versions

V100R005C00SPC101 (BIOS V080)

5288 V3

V100R003C00

V100R003C00SPC620

9032

V100R001C20

V100R001C30SPC110

Access Router:  AR100/ AR100-S/ AR110-S/ AR120/ AR120-S/ AR1220C/ AR1500/ AR151-S2/ AR160 (Exclude AR160F)/ AR160-S (Exclude AR160F-S)/ AR2204-XGE/ AR3600/ SRG1300/ SRG1320E

Earlier than V200R009C00SPC500 versions

V200R009C00SPC500

Agile Controller-Campus

V100R001C00

V100R003C30SPC103

V100R002C00

V100R002C10

BH620 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC302 (BIOS V370)

V100R002C00SPC302(BIOS V370)

BH621 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC301 (BIOS V370)

V100R002C00SPC301 (BIOS V370)

BH622 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC309 (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC309 (BIOS V521)

BH640 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC307 (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC307 (BIOS V521)

CH121

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521) versions

V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521)

CH121 V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC255 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC255 (BIOS V387)

CH121 V5

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC122 (BIOS V059) versions

V100R001C00SPC122 (BIOS V059)

CH121H V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC115 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC115 (BIOS V387)

CH121L V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC155 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC155 (BIOS V387)

CH121L V5

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC120 (BIOS V059) versions

V100R001C00SPC120 (BIOS V059)

CH140

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC325 (BIOS V521) versions

V100R001C00SPC325 (BIOS V521)

CH140 V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC175 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC175 (BIOS V387)

CH140L V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC155 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC155 (BIOS V387)

CH220

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521) versions

V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521)

CH220 V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC255 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC255 (BIOS V387)

CH221

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521) versions

V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521)

CH222

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521) versions

V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521)

CH222 V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC255 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC255 (BIOS V387)

CH225 V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC155 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC155 (BIOS V387)

CH226 V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC175 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R001C00SPC175 (BIOS V387)

CH240

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521) versions

V100R001C00SPC305 (BIOS V521)

CH242 V3

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC325 (BIOS V810 for CH242 V3 DDR4, BIOS V355 for CH242 V3) versions

V100R001C00SPC325 (BIOS V810 for CH242 V3 DDR4, BIOS V355 for CH242 V3)

CH242 V5

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC111 (BIOS V080) versions

V100R001C00SPC111 (BIOS V080)

DH320 V2

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC109 (BIOS V518) versions

V100R001C00SPC109  (BIOS V518)

DH321 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC303  (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC303  (BIOS V521)

DH620 V2

Versions earlier than DH620 V2 V100R001C00SPC202 (BIOS V521)

V100R001C00SPC202 (BIOS V521)

DH621 V2

Versions earlier than V100R001C00SPC202 (BIOS V521)

V100R001C00SPC202 (BIOS V521)

DH626 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC202 (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC202 (BIOS V521)

DH628 V2

Versions earlier than V100R001C00SPC201 (BIOS V603)

V100R001C00SPC201 (BIOS V603)

ECC800

ECC500V600R002C00SPC300

V100R002C10SPC300

Earlier than V100R002C10SPC200
V100R001C10

V100R001C10SPC100

V100R001C30

V100R001C30SPC100

V100R001C30SPC200

V100R001C40

V100R001C40SPC100

V100R001C40SPC200

V100R001C40SPC300

V100R001C40SPC400

V100R001C41

V100R001C41SPC100

V100R001C41SPC200

V100R001C41SPC201

V100R001C41SPC202

V100R002C00

V100R002C00SPC010

V100R002C00SPC020

V100R002C00SPC100

V100R002C00SPC101

V100R002C00SPC103

V100R002C00SPC105

V100R002C00SPC110

V100R002C10SPC100

V100R002C10SPC110

V100R002C10SPC130

V100R002C10SPC131

EulerOS

EulerOS V2.0SP1 EulerOS V2.0SP2

kernel-3.10.0-229.49.1.170 kernel-3.10.0-327.59.59.46.h44

FusionCloud

FusionCloud 2.0.5(KVM)

FusionSphere OpenStack V100R006C10SPC511

FusionCloud 2.0.6(KVM)

FusionCloud 6.0.0(KVM)

FusionSphere OpenStack V100R006C10CP0001

FusionCompute

6.3.0

V100R006C10CP0001

V100R006C00

V100R006C10

FusionCube

V100R002C02

FusionCube Tool V100R002C02SPC308

FusionSphere

FusionSphere 5.1(XEN)

FusionCompute V100R005C10CP7003

FusionSphere 6.0U1(XEN)

FusionCompute V100R006C00U1CP0001

FusionSphere 6.1(XEN)

FusionCompute V100R006C10CP0001

FusionSphere OpenStack

V100R005C00

V100R006C10SPC511

V100R005C10

V100R006C00

V100R006C10

GTSOFTX3000

V200R002C20

CGP V200R002C20SPC600

IOT Gateway:  AR500/ AR510/ AR532/ AR550C/ AR550E/ SRG550C

Earlier than V200R009C00SPC500 versions

V200R009C00SPC500

Kunlun 9008

Earlier than V100R001C30SPC103 (BIOS V320) versions

V100R001C30SPC103 (BIOS V320)

Kunlun 9016

Earlier than V100R001C30SPC103 (BIOS V320) versions

V100R001C30SPC103 (BIOS V320)

Kunlun 9032

Earlier than V100R001C30SPC103 (BIOS V320) versions

V100R001C30SPC103 (BIOS V320)

MateBook (HZ-W09/ HZ-W19/ HZ-W29)

Earlier than BIOS 1.51 versions

BIOS 1.51

MateBook B200/ MateBook D (PL-W09/ PL-W19/ PL-W29)

Earlier than BIOS 1.20 versions

BIOS 1.20

MateBook D (MRC-W10/ MRC-W50/ MRC-W60)

Earlier than BIOS 1.15 versions

BIOS 1.15

MateBook E (BL-W09/ BL-W19)

Earlier than BIOS 2.02 versions

BIOS 2.02

MateBook X (WT-W09/ WT-W19)

Earlier than BIOS 2.02 versions

BIOS 2.02

NFVI

NFVI 6.1.5(KVM)

FusionSphere OpenStack V100R006C10SPC511

OceanStor 18500 V3

V300R003C00

OceanStor 18800 V3 V300R006C10SPC101

OpsMonitor

1.3.5

IaaS Common Component 6.1.30.5

RH1288 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC640 (BIOS 520)

V100R002C00SPC640 (BIOS 520)

RH1288 V3

V100R003C00

V100R003C00SPC638

RH1288A V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC710 (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC710 (BIOS V521)

RH2265 V2

V100R002C00

RH2285H V2 V100R002C00SPC509

RH2268 V2

V100R002C00

RH2288E V2 V100R002C00SPC301

RH2285 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC511 (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC511 (BIOS V521)

RH2285H V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC511 (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC511 (BIOS V521)

RH2288 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC610 (BIOS 520)

V100R002C00SPC610 (BIOS 520)

RH2288 V3

V100R003C00

V100R003C00SPC646

RH2288A V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC710  (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC710  (BIOS V521)

RH2288E V2

V100R002C00

V100R002C00SPC301

RH2288H V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC620 (BIOS 520)

V100R002C00SPC620 (BIOS 520)

RH2485 V2

Versions earlier than V100R002C00SPC713 (BIOS V521)

V100R002C00SPC713 (BIOS V521)

RH5885 V2

V100R001C00

V100R001C02SPC305

RH5885 V3

V100R003C00

V100R003C10SPC119

RH5885H V3

V100R003C00

V100R003C00SPC217

V100R003C10

V100R003C10SPC119

RH8100 V3

V100R003C00

V100R003C00SPC226

SMC2.0

V100R003C10

V600R006C10SPC300

V500R002C00

SRG1300

V200R006C00

AR3200 V200R009C00SPC500

V200R006C10

V200R006C11

V200R006C12

V200R006C13

V200R006C15

V200R006C16

V200R006C17

V200R007C00

V200R007C01

V200R007C02

V200R007C05

V200R007C06

V200R008C00

V200R008C10

V200R008C20

V200R008C30

V200R008C50

V200R009C00

SRG500

V200R008C50

AR3200 V200R009C00SPC500

V200R009C00

UC Audio Recorder

V100R001C02

CloudUSM V600R006C10SPC300

VP9630

V600R006C10

VP9660 V600R006C10SPC200

VP9660

V600R006C10

V600R006C10SPC200

XH320 V2

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC205(BIOS V518) versions

V100R001C00SPC205 (BIOS V518)

XH321 V2

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC205(BIOS V518) versions

V100R001C00SPC205 (BIOS V518)

XH321 V3

Earlier than V100R003C00SPC502 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R003C00SPC502 (BIOS V387)

XH321 V5

Versions earlier than V100R005C00SPC501 (BIOS V095)

V100R005C00SPC501 (BIOS V095)

XH620 V3

Earlier than V100R003C00SPC625 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R003C00SPC625 (BIOS V387)

XH621 V2

Earlier than V100R001C00SPC205 (BIOS V518) versions

V100R001C00SPC205  (BIOS V518)

XH622 V3

Earlier than V100R003C00SPC623 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R003C00SPC623 (BIOS V387)

XH628 V3

Earlier than V100R003C00SPC623 (BIOS V387) versions

V100R003C00SPC623 (BIOS V387)

eAPP610

V100R004C10

V100R004C10SPC800

eCNS210

V100R005C00

V100R005C00SPC530

eCNS280_TD

V100R005C00

V100R005C10

eSE620X vESC
V100R001C00SPC300
V100R001C00SPC510
V100R001C00SPC310

eSE620X vESS

V100R001C00

CGP V200R018C10SPC313

eSight
V300R007C00
V300R010C00SPC600

eSpace 8950

V200R003C00

eSpace8950 eSpace8950 V200R003C30SPC500

eSpace ECS

V300R001C00

CloudECS V600R006C10SPC200

eSpace UMS

V200R002C00

Unified Messaging System V600R006C10SPC200

eSpace USM

V300R001C00

V300R001C00SPC

elog
V200R007C10
V2R7C10SPC202

iBattery

iBattery_V276

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC409

iBattery_V281

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC406

iBattery_V285

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC407

iBattery_V286

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC408

iBattery_V289

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC405

iBattery_V291

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC404

iBattery_V295

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC403

iBattery_V296

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000 V300R002C10SPC402

iBattery_V297B003

iBattery_V297B014 included in UPS5000

iManager NetEco

V600R008C30

iManager NetEco 6000-TOOL_Linux_AutoInstall V600R007C00SPC250

iManager NetEco 6000

V600R008C00

iManager NetEco 6000-TOOL_Linux_AutoInstall iManager NetEco 6000-TOOL_Linux_AutoInstall V600R007C00SPC250



An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to read memory information belonging to other processes or other operating system kernel.

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (https://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document) .

CVE-2017-5715:

Base Score: 8.2 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N)

Temporal Score: 7.6 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

CVE-2017-5753 & CVE-2017-5754:

Base Score: 7.1 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Temporal Score: 6.6 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)


1. Prerequisite:

An attacker must be able to run crafted code on an affected device.

2. Attacking procedure:

In some circumstances, a local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to read memory information belonging to other processes or other operating system kernel.

Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.

These vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed.

2021-12-15 V3.2 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information

2021-07-07 V3.1 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information

2021-05-27 V3.0 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2021-01-14 V2.9 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information

2020-08-12 V2.8 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information

2020-04-15 V2.7 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2019-03-05 V2.6 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-11-07 V2.5 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-04-27 V2.4 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-04-03 V2.3 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-03-21 V2.2 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-03-19 V2.1 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-03-15 V2.0 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-03-14 V1.9 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-03-12 V1.8 UPDATED Updated the Note and FAQ information
2018-03-01 V1.7 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2018-02-27 V1.6 UPDATED Updated the summary information
2018-02-26 V1.5 UPDATED Updated the affected version and Note information
2018-02-01 V1.4 UPDATED Updated the recommended version and Note information
2018-01-24 V1.3 UPDATED Updated the affected version and Note information
2018-01-19 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the Note information
2018-01-11 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the affected version
2018-01-06 V1.0 INITIAL

[1]The description of the performance test for 1288H V5/ 2288H V5/ 2488 V5/ 2488H V5/ 5288 V3/ CH121/ CH121 V3/ CH220 V3/ CH222 V3/ CH121 V5/ CH121H V3/ CH121L V3/ CH140L V3/ CH225 V3/ CH121L V5/ CH140/ CH140 V3/ CH226 V3/ CH220/ CH221/ CH222/ CH240/ CH242 V3/ CH242 V5/ Kunlun 9008/9016/9032/ RH1288 V3/ RH2288 V3/ RH2288H V3/ XH321 V3/ XH620 V3/ XH622 V3/ XH628 V3 products.

Intel released the performance test result of two-socket Intel Xeon Platinum 81xx processors on January 18:

https://newsroom.intel.com/news/firmware-updates-and-initial-performance-data-for-data-center-systems/

The performance test results for patches in major OSs are as follows: 
Microsoft: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/microsoftsecure/2018/01/09/understanding-the-performance-impact-of-spectre-and-meltdown-mitigations-on-windows-systems 
Red Hat: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3307751 
SUSE: https://www.suse.com/c/meltdown-spectre-performance/

After the Intel microcode patch is installed, the performance impact is closely related to the operating system and running services. Customers are advised to verify and assess the performance based on running services.


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