- Issued:
- 2007-11-07
- Updated:
- 2007-11-07
RHEA-2007:0657 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
microcode_ctl enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated microcode_ctl packages which add an updated vendor-supplied CPU
microcode file are now available.
Description
The microcode_ctl package updates the microcode on Intel x86 and EM64T
CPUs.
When running guests under xen the kernel microcode device was missing
which caused microcode_ctl to load, but with many errors during boot. An
updated vendor-supplied CPU microcode file is being made available by Intel
Corporation, for users of Intel i386 and EM64T processors, which resolves
this issue and adds various enhancements.
All Intel x86 and EM64T users should install these updated packages, which
resolves this issue and adds enhancements.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 219652 - Some systems don't have microcode device
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f98475a8c3435c904556a732c3629eba010cb16d49aaa840eabf478021d5ac12 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 005ddcb91ec005ef3e3f826dbda09130dfaabc0d05a6858bb3d493bde20dcf41 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2ddb3595e601f81cb10e45e2fc7275452ff8190b2a72289532c79db0e70e9021 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f98475a8c3435c904556a732c3629eba010cb16d49aaa840eabf478021d5ac12 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 005ddcb91ec005ef3e3f826dbda09130dfaabc0d05a6858bb3d493bde20dcf41 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2ddb3595e601f81cb10e45e2fc7275452ff8190b2a72289532c79db0e70e9021 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f98475a8c3435c904556a732c3629eba010cb16d49aaa840eabf478021d5ac12 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 005ddcb91ec005ef3e3f826dbda09130dfaabc0d05a6858bb3d493bde20dcf41 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2ddb3595e601f81cb10e45e2fc7275452ff8190b2a72289532c79db0e70e9021 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: f98475a8c3435c904556a732c3629eba010cb16d49aaa840eabf478021d5ac12 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 005ddcb91ec005ef3e3f826dbda09130dfaabc0d05a6858bb3d493bde20dcf41 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.42.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 2ddb3595e601f81cb10e45e2fc7275452ff8190b2a72289532c79db0e70e9021 |
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