Issued:
2018-05-30
Updated:
2018-05-30

RHEA-2018:1774 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Synopsis

microcode_ctl 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 6.

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#1576314)

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 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1576314 - [RHEL-6] Include updated AMD firmware for Spectre mitigation [rhel-6.9.z]

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c507680fea2aab927eb13af3f71a4077b6870669f875349478dc963ec9ad046
x86_64
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e2d0e1f526237cdb213f9347966af0cb31a13dd641bc1a9f8e90a854c2b034d
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ff104e139b00d98972732b23792082ebc8baa5da54561217bd8fc63566b3ab3e
i386
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020a65ecc91cd8c3b34b8f036080b675069647fafe106bb66a403a05fe70e44b
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: c55933f4af91b538ab01db1f4619b2d38923c8c3d83768dcedf57ec5cd0cdc23

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c507680fea2aab927eb13af3f71a4077b6870669f875349478dc963ec9ad046
x86_64
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e2d0e1f526237cdb213f9347966af0cb31a13dd641bc1a9f8e90a854c2b034d
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ff104e139b00d98972732b23792082ebc8baa5da54561217bd8fc63566b3ab3e
i386
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020a65ecc91cd8c3b34b8f036080b675069647fafe106bb66a403a05fe70e44b
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: c55933f4af91b538ab01db1f4619b2d38923c8c3d83768dcedf57ec5cd0cdc23

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c507680fea2aab927eb13af3f71a4077b6870669f875349478dc963ec9ad046
x86_64
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e2d0e1f526237cdb213f9347966af0cb31a13dd641bc1a9f8e90a854c2b034d
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ff104e139b00d98972732b23792082ebc8baa5da54561217bd8fc63566b3ab3e
i386
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020a65ecc91cd8c3b34b8f036080b675069647fafe106bb66a403a05fe70e44b
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: c55933f4af91b538ab01db1f4619b2d38923c8c3d83768dcedf57ec5cd0cdc23

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c507680fea2aab927eb13af3f71a4077b6870669f875349478dc963ec9ad046
x86_64
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e2d0e1f526237cdb213f9347966af0cb31a13dd641bc1a9f8e90a854c2b034d
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ff104e139b00d98972732b23792082ebc8baa5da54561217bd8fc63566b3ab3e
i386
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: 020a65ecc91cd8c3b34b8f036080b675069647fafe106bb66a403a05fe70e44b
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.i686.rpm SHA-256: c55933f4af91b538ab01db1f4619b2d38923c8c3d83768dcedf57ec5cd0cdc23

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.src.rpm SHA-256: 1c507680fea2aab927eb13af3f71a4077b6870669f875349478dc963ec9ad046
x86_64
microcode_ctl-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9e2d0e1f526237cdb213f9347966af0cb31a13dd641bc1a9f8e90a854c2b034d
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.7.el6_9.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ff104e139b00d98972732b23792082ebc8baa5da54561217bd8fc63566b3ab3e

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