Issued:
2020-06-24
Updated:
2020-06-24

RHEA-2020:2743 - 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

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD
processors.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Package microcode-20200609 release (BZ#1849058)
  • Enable SNB-EP caveat by default (BZ#1849065)

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 Workstation 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1849065 - [rhel-7.8.z] Enable SNB-EP caveat by default

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: a22d1ea13043770ab530aad2f2879b467472a23713caa8b730962f46526a5f17
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 27ad1e1957f43b37b850dcddc452251ca7a06f5c31778725d432474fd5b5f37e
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a1c69498db2a3e4eb49bc3f53e4aa6b2625183d1843714d831c700ee3e44ad78

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: a22d1ea13043770ab530aad2f2879b467472a23713caa8b730962f46526a5f17
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 27ad1e1957f43b37b850dcddc452251ca7a06f5c31778725d432474fd5b5f37e
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a1c69498db2a3e4eb49bc3f53e4aa6b2625183d1843714d831c700ee3e44ad78

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: a22d1ea13043770ab530aad2f2879b467472a23713caa8b730962f46526a5f17
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 27ad1e1957f43b37b850dcddc452251ca7a06f5c31778725d432474fd5b5f37e
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a1c69498db2a3e4eb49bc3f53e4aa6b2625183d1843714d831c700ee3e44ad78

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7

SRPM
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.src.rpm SHA-256: a22d1ea13043770ab530aad2f2879b467472a23713caa8b730962f46526a5f17
x86_64
microcode_ctl-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 27ad1e1957f43b37b850dcddc452251ca7a06f5c31778725d432474fd5b5f37e
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.10.el7_8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: a1c69498db2a3e4eb49bc3f53e4aa6b2625183d1843714d831c700ee3e44ad78

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