Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2025:2428 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2025-03-06
Updated:
2025-03-06

RHBA-2025:2428 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support.

Description

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

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware [rhel-7.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-82122)
  • microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in XmlCli feature for UEFI firmware [rhel-7.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-82123)
  • microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware [rhel-7.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-82124)
  • microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware CseVariableStorageSmm [rhel-7.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-82125)
  • microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware [rhel-7.7.z] (JIRA:RHEL-82126)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-53.25.el7_7.1.src.rpm SHA-256: dbf87c442e4613a6dd7483bf97914617cff8d17f6ce0bd94ca450905fd65cd7f
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-53.25.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9b473a5907af1cb7d44b21e2c3bb0b362483807cf4180bee607633c482499ecd
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-53.25.el7_7.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2b7ed2d7ffacd5ca2d4a6a72a3ef8c11be26942aac6da0b85161cac06996e9df

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