- Issued:
- 2018-05-30
- Updated:
- 2018-05-30
RHEA-2018:1773 - 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 6.5 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#1576317)
Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 1576317 - [RHEL-6] Include updated AMD firmware for Spectre mitigation [rhel-6.5.z]
CVEs
(none)
Note:
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.5
SRPM | |
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microcode_ctl-1.17-17.el6_5.6.src.rpm | SHA-256: 498568e3743d3afb473416b4298a3d67d446592ed59244193581424afa204825 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-17.el6_5.6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 7ef3efe27a895fcaf041ae146421a4d89762b3b4608ef06c7f7318c658acfbd5 |
microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-17.el6_5.6.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 31cbfd4ef75b2d7644b4a67d24e044235b74ecead922b901f6661fbb77f5c93c |
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