Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2020:1166 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2020-03-31
Updated:
2020-03-31

RHEA-2020:1166 - 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

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 Server 7 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

Fixes

  • BZ - 1753541 - [rhel-7.8] Update Intel microcode version to microcode-20190918
  • BZ - 1774329 - [RHEL 7] Do not update SKL-SP/W/X (CPUID 0x50654, 06-55-04) to revision 0x2000065 by default

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc1bb1b51b78a179fe5dfdbfb3065708dd5ee43a2d05c0588ab7423fd515c4c1
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ee4f9909ee97d7f459983f15193c815162482f3fde903a4f653aa05331c26c0a
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8d7178a47a6457f30bb58e4306e3662de14206d53fe0312b7adddc2c81263df

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc1bb1b51b78a179fe5dfdbfb3065708dd5ee43a2d05c0588ab7423fd515c4c1
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ee4f9909ee97d7f459983f15193c815162482f3fde903a4f653aa05331c26c0a
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8d7178a47a6457f30bb58e4306e3662de14206d53fe0312b7adddc2c81263df

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc1bb1b51b78a179fe5dfdbfb3065708dd5ee43a2d05c0588ab7423fd515c4c1
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ee4f9909ee97d7f459983f15193c815162482f3fde903a4f653aa05331c26c0a
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8d7178a47a6457f30bb58e4306e3662de14206d53fe0312b7adddc2c81263df

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc1bb1b51b78a179fe5dfdbfb3065708dd5ee43a2d05c0588ab7423fd515c4c1
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ee4f9909ee97d7f459983f15193c815162482f3fde903a4f653aa05331c26c0a
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8d7178a47a6457f30bb58e4306e3662de14206d53fe0312b7adddc2c81263df

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.src.rpm SHA-256: dc1bb1b51b78a179fe5dfdbfb3065708dd5ee43a2d05c0588ab7423fd515c4c1
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ee4f9909ee97d7f459983f15193c815162482f3fde903a4f653aa05331c26c0a
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.el7.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e8d7178a47a6457f30bb58e4306e3662de14206d53fe0312b7adddc2c81263df

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