- Issued:
- 2018-05-30
- Updated:
- 2018-05-30
RHEA-2018:1767 - 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
An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support.
Description
The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors.
This update adds the following enhancement:
- The AMD CPU microcode has been updated to the latest upstream version, which also provides new capabilities used by the Linux kernel to enhance mitigation of CVE-2017-5715, known as the Spectre variant 2 vulnerability. (BZ#1576316)
Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1576316 - [RHEL-6] Include updated AMD firmware for Spectre mitigation [rhel-6.6.z]
CVEs
(none)
Note:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6
SRPM | |
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microcode_ctl-1.17-19.5.el6_6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4e022fb904f0d0573db8cd68b04530865b022eaec402294b75ba8f5ed5c6e0fa |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-19.5.el6_6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ea6a13d06ce9956a456d5dca16d7dac4229caf92ba281c8ebe1b30bbfc8525f1 |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-19.5.el6_6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 76aa69c55e5644802bbb67b7908d77d35f3343a8f669f2e3fa65f376af1e5f23 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-19.5.el6_6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4e022fb904f0d0573db8cd68b04530865b022eaec402294b75ba8f5ed5c6e0fa |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-19.5.el6_6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ea6a13d06ce9956a456d5dca16d7dac4229caf92ba281c8ebe1b30bbfc8525f1 |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-19.5.el6_6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 76aa69c55e5644802bbb67b7908d77d35f3343a8f669f2e3fa65f376af1e5f23 |
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