RHSA-2020:5084 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Security Fix(es):

• hw: Vector Register Leakage-Active (CVE-2020-8696)
• hw: Fast forward store predictor (CVE-2020-8698)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s)
listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

• Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20201027 release, addresses:
• Addition of 06-55-0b/0xbf (CPX-SP A1) microcode at revision 0x700001e;
• Addition of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode at revision 0x68;
• Addition of 06-a5-02/0x20 (CML-H R1) microcode at revision 0xe0;
• Addition of 06-a5-03/0x22 (CML-S 6+2 G1) microcode at revision 0xe0;
• Addition of 06-a5-05/0x22 (CML-S 10+2 Q0) microcode at revision 0xe0;
• Addition of 06-a6-01/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 v2 K0) microcode at revision

0xe0;

• Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/U 2+3e/Y D0/K1) microcode (in

intel-06-4e-03/intel-ucode/06-4e-03) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2;

• Update of 06-55-04/0xb7 (SKX-D/SP/W/X H0/M0/M1/U0) microcode (in

intel-06-55-04/intel-ucode/06-55-04) from revision 0x2006906 up
to 0x2006a08;

• Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S/Xeon E3 N0/R0/S0) microcode (in

intel-06-5e-03/intel-ucode/06-5e-03) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2;

• Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/U 2+3e/Y H0/J1) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0, KBL-R Y0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0a) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xe0;

• Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0b) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y 4+2 V0, CML-U 4+2 V0, WHL-U V0)

microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0c) from
revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;

• Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/H/S/X/Xeon E3 B0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-09) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0a) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-E/H/S B0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0b) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E P0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0c) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E R0) microcode (in

intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0d) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;

• Update of 06-3f-02/0x6f (HSX-E/EN/EP/EP 4S C0/C1/M1/R2) microcode

from revision 0x43 up to 0x44;

• Update of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKX-SP B1) microcode from revision 0x1000157

up to 0x1000159;

• Update of 06-55-06/0xbf (CLX-SP B0) microcode from revision 0x4002f01

up to 0x4003003;

• Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP/W/X B1/L1) microcode from revision

0x5002f01 up to 0x5003003;

• Update of 06-5c-09/0x03 (APL D0) microcode from revision 0x38 up

to 0x40;

• Update of 06-5c-0a/0x03 (APL B1/F1) microcode from revision 0x16 up

to 0x1e;

• Update of 06-7a-08/0x01 (GLK-R R0) microcode from revision 0x16 up

to 0x18;

• Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode from revision 0x78

up to 0xa0;

• Update of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode from revision 0xca

up to 0xe0.

• Add README file to the documentation directory.
• Add publicly-sourced codenames list to supply to gen_provides.sh; update

the latter to handle the somewhat different format.

• Add SUMMARY.intel-ucode file containing metadata information from

the microcode file headers.

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 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 1890355 - CVE-2020-8696 hw: Vector Register Leakage-Active
• BZ - 1890356 - CVE-2020-8698 hw: Fast forward store predictor

CVEs

• CVE-2020-8696
• CVE-2020-8698

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate