Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2018:0690 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2018-04-10
Updated:
2018-04-10

RHEA-2018:0690 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

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Topic

An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

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

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

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 Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 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 EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 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

Fixes

  • BZ - 1502360 - rpm -qi shows "http://fedorahosted.org/microcode_ctl" which no longer exists.

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

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

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

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

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: 866cc2bd14c69a5ee199f93914d587deac6d283dcd51c5f0dd73ef3817ff0344
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3219604d83f4b90be277143779dbd1930f5c04fb989aaf0f53d35787b69140f8
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-29.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcf96cdf4adfeae33025134e58d236d5c129fbe6295808cda0131cb8da327a3d

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