Issued:

2011-05-19

Updated:

2011-05-19

RHEA-2011:0712 - microcode_ctl enhancement update

Synopsis

microcode_ctl enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated microcode_ctl package that provides several enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The microcode_ctl package provides microcode updates for Intel processors.

This updated microcode_ctl package adds the following enhancements:

• The Intel CPU microcode file is updated to version 20101123. This is the most recent version of the microcode available from Intel. (BZ#638286)

• microcode_ctl is now udev-driven and the previously delivered init.d script is no longer needed. (BZ#578107)

Note that the system must be rebooted in order for these changes to take effect.

All users of Intel processors are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds these 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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-4.el6.i686.rpm
• microcode_ctl-1.17-4.el6.i686.rpm
• microcode_ctl-1.17-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• microcode_ctl-1.17-4.el6.src.rpm
• microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-4.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.