Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2019:3851 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2019-11-12
Updated:
2019-11-12

RHEA-2019:3851 - 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 7.3 Advanced Update Support.

Description

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel x86 processors.

This update adds the following enhancement:

  • Update Intel microcode version to microcode-20191112 (BZ#1769884)

Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
add this enhancement.

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

Note: a system reboot is necessary for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-16.27.el7_3.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f2db024434323c16593459c0bfac2140d61c55eba12ffb4204107bf9dc37d6c
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-16.27.el7_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bb91214a8a606ce9e311c7eb4acba415856640b18327bb0ac4f577a6a6d07031
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-16.27.el7_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e33ad1c22d4b4df6e9e365695a30714f6d398de853885ded7fee910cd91c4ccd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-16.27.el7_3.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f2db024434323c16593459c0bfac2140d61c55eba12ffb4204107bf9dc37d6c
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-16.27.el7_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bb91214a8a606ce9e311c7eb4acba415856640b18327bb0ac4f577a6a6d07031
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-16.27.el7_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e33ad1c22d4b4df6e9e365695a30714f6d398de853885ded7fee910cd91c4ccd

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-16.27.el7_3.src.rpm SHA-256: 9f2db024434323c16593459c0bfac2140d61c55eba12ffb4204107bf9dc37d6c
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-16.27.el7_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bb91214a8a606ce9e311c7eb4acba415856640b18327bb0ac4f577a6a6d07031
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-16.27.el7_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e33ad1c22d4b4df6e9e365695a30714f6d398de853885ded7fee910cd91c4ccd

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