Recommended update for ucode-intel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1703-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:

Updated Intel CPU Microcode to 20200616 official release (bsc#1172856)

  • revert 06-4e-03 Skylake U/Y, U23e ucode back to 000000d6 release
  • revert 06-5e-03 Skylake H/S ucode back to 000000d6 release, as both cause stability issues. (bsc#1172856)

Updated Intel CPU Microcode to 20200609 official release (bsc#1172466)

  • no changes to 20200602 prerelease

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1703=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1703=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1703=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20200616-3.17.1
    • ucode-intel-debugsource-20200616-3.17.1
    • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20200616-3.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20200616-3.17.1
    • ucode-intel-debugsource-20200616-3.17.1
    • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20200616-3.17.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20200616-3.17.1
    • ucode-intel-debugsource-20200616-3.17.1
    • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20200616-3.17.1

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