- Issued:
- 2018-05-30
- Updated:
- 2018-05-30
RHEA-2018:1768 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
microcode_ctl enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Advanced Update Support.
Description
The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors.
This update adds the following enhancement:
- The AMD CPU microcode has been updated to the latest upstream version, which also provides new capabilities used by the Linux kernel to enhance mitigation of CVE-2017-5715, known as the Spectre variant 2 vulnerability. (BZ#1576313)
Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1576313 - [RHEL-6] Include updated AMD firmware for Spectre mitigation [rhel-6.4.z]
CVEs
(none)
Note:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4
SRPM | |
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microcode_ctl-1.17-16.5.el6_4.src.rpm | SHA-256: 93433c0a2d10be0b0ca1ae7c401fc132a469f3d7c2ed496b8da7a5824eef6f83 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-16.5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7eb807c431d042cad0abf7cc992ddcd1d453480670e08017364999462cbe780d |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-16.5.el6_4.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 3b41e49ca91aaf92dcffce26b890a65af43ad0102b035d40040254e781ebd07b |
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