Issued:

2019-11-12

Updated:

2019-11-12

RHEA-2019:3847 - microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory None

Topic

An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel x86 processors.

This update adds the following enhancement:

• Update Intel microcode version to microcode-20191112 (BZ#1755017)

Users of microcode_ctl are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Note: a system reboot is necessary for this update to take effect.

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• microcode_ctl-1.17-33.19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
• microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-33.19.el6_10.i686.rpm
• microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-33.19.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
• microcode_ctl-1.17-33.19.el6_10.src.rpm
• microcode_ctl-1.17-33.19.el6_10.i686.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

• CVE-2019-0117

References

• https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2019-microcode-nov

Additional information

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