- Issued:
- 2010-03-30
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHEA-2010:0243 - 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 microcode_ctl package that provides the latest version of the
Intel microcode is now available.
Description
microcode_ctl 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 microcode supports all current Intel x86- and Intel
64-based CPU models and takes advantage of the mechanism built-in to Linux
that allows microcode to be updated after system boot. When loaded, the
updated microcode corrects the behavior of various Intel processors, as
described in processor specification updates issued by Intel for those
processors.
This update provides the following enhancement:
- this package contains the 2009-09-27 update to Intel's microcode. As of
2010-01-22, this is the most recent version of the microcode available from
Intel. (BZ#526802)
All users running systems based on Intel processors are encouraged to
install this update, which adds the most up-to-date microcode data from
Intel to /etc/firmware as required. Note: a system reboot is necessary for
the this update to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the 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-1.17-1.50.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4d98f808d664b1b7ab5929cfd9016f7649ff2f9662e2898b3247df4aaca2c3ff |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7137ede7dfc5185e4c2dab2d1b1ea8ebb9dbca928f5e30418871a7e4f7275d9 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4979dcb0651ff9bf0760e2502d03006058b2781918f1df2ab3ba664f3b33d4e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4d98f808d664b1b7ab5929cfd9016f7649ff2f9662e2898b3247df4aaca2c3ff |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7137ede7dfc5185e4c2dab2d1b1ea8ebb9dbca928f5e30418871a7e4f7275d9 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4979dcb0651ff9bf0760e2502d03006058b2781918f1df2ab3ba664f3b33d4e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4d98f808d664b1b7ab5929cfd9016f7649ff2f9662e2898b3247df4aaca2c3ff |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7137ede7dfc5185e4c2dab2d1b1ea8ebb9dbca928f5e30418871a7e4f7275d9 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4979dcb0651ff9bf0760e2502d03006058b2781918f1df2ab3ba664f3b33d4e1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 4d98f808d664b1b7ab5929cfd9016f7649ff2f9662e2898b3247df4aaca2c3ff |
x86_64 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: d7137ede7dfc5185e4c2dab2d1b1ea8ebb9dbca928f5e30418871a7e4f7275d9 |
i386 | |
microcode_ctl-1.17-1.50.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 4979dcb0651ff9bf0760e2502d03006058b2781918f1df2ab3ba664f3b33d4e1 |
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