Red Hat Product Errata RHEA-2024:7620 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Issued:
2024-10-03
Updated:
2024-10-03

RHEA-2024:7620 - 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 9.

Description

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

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • microcode_ctl: kernel: local privilege escalation on Intel microcode on Intel(R) Xeon(R) [rhel-9.4.0] (JIRA:RHEL-30860)
  • microcode_ctl: kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Atom(R) processors [rhel-9.4.0] (JIRA:RHEL-30863)
  • microcode_ctl: kernel: Local information disclosure in some Intel(R) processors [rhel-9.4.0] (JIRA:RHEL-30866)
  • microcode_ctl: kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Xeon(R) D processors with Intel(R) SGX due to incorrect calculation in microcode [rhel-9.4.0] (JIRA:RHEL-30869)
  • microcode_ctl: kernel: Possible Denial of Service on Intel(R) Processors [rhel-9.4.0] (JIRA:RHEL-30872)
  • microcode_ctl: kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Atom(R) processors [rhel-9.4.z] (JIRA:RHEL-48717)

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.4 x86_64

Fixes

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 9

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.8

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.8

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.8

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.4

SRPM
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.src.rpm SHA-256: c2434b05be390152fdf14572d0cf83e6d941b8d536c57a707b2d1e5b6bd4824e
x86_64
microcode_ctl-20230808-2.20240531.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm SHA-256: b20095c32bed8c31a5f259908476cefa90f1f9466b2dc6376b7d8610bc7179d9

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