- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHEA-2009:1363 - 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 updated module-init-tools package that adds an enhancement is now available.
Description
microcode_ctl is a kernel-related package that provides utility code and
the microcode data itself - supplied by Intel - to assist the kernel in
updating the CPU microcode at system boot time.
This updated microcode_ctl includes the latest 20090330 version of the
Intel-supplied microcode data. This microcode corrects the behavior of
various Intel processors, as described in processor specification updates
issued by Intel for those processors. (BZ#463445)
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated microcode_ctl package,
which adds this 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/docs/DOC-11259
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
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4638dba66e617718a480063fa4e296fa2a8e4b2c764abc25ad37803841cac558 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2169f8de588b6198e2208b22e8c6175b3c451110267fc4de7a9a208f5a99287d |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef8f84784a40113e95761bce01a2000138b9195b75decbd5d4e4a025623d6879 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4638dba66e617718a480063fa4e296fa2a8e4b2c764abc25ad37803841cac558 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2169f8de588b6198e2208b22e8c6175b3c451110267fc4de7a9a208f5a99287d |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef8f84784a40113e95761bce01a2000138b9195b75decbd5d4e4a025623d6879 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4638dba66e617718a480063fa4e296fa2a8e4b2c764abc25ad37803841cac558 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2169f8de588b6198e2208b22e8c6175b3c451110267fc4de7a9a208f5a99287d |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef8f84784a40113e95761bce01a2000138b9195b75decbd5d4e4a025623d6879 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4638dba66e617718a480063fa4e296fa2a8e4b2c764abc25ad37803841cac558 |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2169f8de588b6198e2208b22e8c6175b3c451110267fc4de7a9a208f5a99287d |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.48.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ef8f84784a40113e95761bce01a2000138b9195b75decbd5d4e4a025623d6879 |
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