Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2015:2385 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2015-11-19
Updated:
2015-11-19

RHBA-2015:2385 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

Updated microcode_ctl packages that fix one bug and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors.

Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix one bug and add one enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1151192 - RHEL 7.1 should include 'dracut -f' in post-install script to build a new ramdisk when the microcode_ctl rpm is updated

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dbb81a70c532a815594ee8dfd7ad3f1585a2fc93f82a9162066ff5d4481d80a5
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e586c1c075934b5f7bf78d27d14be86987f0b204fe002baf0bc7773ed8f8a3ae
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5fd1831e65ad77c54ca433dd12ed7c646439f9185ea0edae72738fe690fca20c

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