SUSE-SU-2020:3749-1

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    SUSE-SU-2020:3749-1

    Published: 10 Dec 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-13844

    Summary: Security update for gcc7

    Details: This update for gcc7 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-13844: Added mitigation for aarch64 Straight Line Speculation issue (bsc#1172798) - Enable fortran for the nvptx offload compiler. - Update README.First-for.SuSE.packagers - avoid assembler errors with AVX512 gather and scatter instructions when using -masm=intel. - Backport the aarch64 -moutline-atomics feature and accumulated fixes but not its default enabling. [jsc#SLE-12209, bsc#1167939] - Fixed 32bit libgnat.so link. [bsc#1178675] - Fixed memcpy miscompilation on aarch64. [bsc#1178624, bsc#1178577] - Fixed debug line info for try/catch. [bsc#1178614] - Remove -mbranch-protection=standard (aarch64 flag) when gcc7 is used to build gcc7 (ie when ada is enabled) - Fixed corruption of pass private ->aux via DF. [gcc#94148] - Fixed debug information issue with inlined functions and passed by reference arguments. [gcc#93888] - Fixed binutils release date detection issue. - Fixed register allocation issue with exception handling code on s390x. [bsc#1161913] - Fixed miscompilation of some atomic code on aarch64. [bsc#1150164]

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20203749-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1150164, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1161913, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1167939, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172798, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178577, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178614, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178624, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178675, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-13844

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gcc7

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/gcc7&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.5.0+r278197-4.19.2

    Affected versions

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