Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2023:7289 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2023-11-15
Updated:
2023-11-15

RHEA-2023:7289 - 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 8.4 Advanced Mission Critical Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Telecommunications Update Support.

Description

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel processors.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20231009 release, which addresses CVE-2023-23583. (RHEL-3915)

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 Extension 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support Extension 8.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 1345f23db4c7798ce1b297a3ccd04fcead9840fa1114bbdd76e3d73d847f7cf7
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ea91f1372991a161bcfc44b7c1d7fccea54ec2b46031afc3ac85fb18dd409a4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 1345f23db4c7798ce1b297a3ccd04fcead9840fa1114bbdd76e3d73d847f7cf7
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ea91f1372991a161bcfc44b7c1d7fccea54ec2b46031afc3ac85fb18dd409a4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 1345f23db4c7798ce1b297a3ccd04fcead9840fa1114bbdd76e3d73d847f7cf7
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ea91f1372991a161bcfc44b7c1d7fccea54ec2b46031afc3ac85fb18dd409a4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.src.rpm SHA-256: 1345f23db4c7798ce1b297a3ccd04fcead9840fa1114bbdd76e3d73d847f7cf7
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20210216-1.20231009.1.el8_4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 4ea91f1372991a161bcfc44b7c1d7fccea54ec2b46031afc3ac85fb18dd409a4

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