- Issued:
- 2018-05-30
- Updated:
- 2018-05-30
RHEA-2018:1769 - 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 6.7 Extended 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#1576315)
Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1576315 - [RHEL-6] Include updated AMD firmware for Spectre mitigation [rhel-6.7.z]
CVEs
(none)
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-20.5.el6_7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9d7ed200a87d91b59d55df2058e4ab112bce22f011e28c91e6e73816f2ad1837 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-20.5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e6c5fe0c742f2b1c590cef0c4af2edca4e62ba375a2aa2099651b7163a287d5 |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-20.5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2e719c8caee2152e2c35d6c1b79082adb42688b9ff54ebecdf37f8cb0fdc73cc |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-20.5.el6_7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 4332fd8f93e66b62fa5785dc3f021a528dd0164b2e5b1ead1c080b5fd83bfb37 |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-20.5.el6_7.i686.rpm | SHA-256: 6423387b54deed87395c3e5c3ed51784707fcf5fbbeeae441686c2e998119053 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.7
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-20.5.el6_7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9d7ed200a87d91b59d55df2058e4ab112bce22f011e28c91e6e73816f2ad1837 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-20.5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e6c5fe0c742f2b1c590cef0c4af2edca4e62ba375a2aa2099651b7163a287d5 |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-20.5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2e719c8caee2152e2c35d6c1b79082adb42688b9ff54ebecdf37f8cb0fdc73cc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-20.5.el6_7.src.rpm | SHA-256: 9d7ed200a87d91b59d55df2058e4ab112bce22f011e28c91e6e73816f2ad1837 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-20.5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 1e6c5fe0c742f2b1c590cef0c4af2edca4e62ba375a2aa2099651b7163a287d5 |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-20.5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2e719c8caee2152e2c35d6c1b79082adb42688b9ff54ebecdf37f8cb0fdc73cc |
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.