RHEA-2019:1214 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated microcode_ctl packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support.

[Updated 30 May 2019]
This advisory has been updated with an accurate list of CVEs for BZ#1704363.
This update does not change the packages in any way.

Description

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel processors.

This update adds the following enhancement:

• The Intel CPU microcode has been updated to the latest upstream version to mitigate CVE-2018-12130, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, and CVE-2019-11091. (BZ#1704363)

Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this 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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)