- Issued:
- 2025-03-06
- Updated:
- 2025-03-06
RHEA-2025:2427 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.
Description
The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors.
Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
- microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware [rhel-7-els] (JIRA:RHEL-79190)
- microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware CseVariableStorageSmm [rhel-7-els] (JIRA:RHEL-79192)
- microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware [rhel-7-els] (JIRA:RHEL-79194)
- microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in XmlCli feature for UEFI firmware [rhel-7-els] (JIRA:RHEL-79196)
- microcode_ctl: Improper input validation in UEFI firmware [rhel-7-els] (JIRA:RHEL-79207)
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7 x86_64
Fixes
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Note:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 7
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| microcode_ctl-2.1-73.23.el7_9.src.rpm | SHA-256: ffc6b34256939f0c8702e396f052329bf6d20f9d75d6dd5f06bdb16e301c8575 |
| x86_64 | |
| microcode_ctl-2.1-73.23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5712e493f9dcdbe90f8503158b60ef94368ed222d692eb86ffe1b3930f6e7906 |
| microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-73.23.el7_9.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f572d85f489f246ac8b282c4bab39d29912d3575c5be379e1e0db529397ee700 |
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