Recommended update for ucode-intel

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ucode-intel
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:1969-1
Rating: important
References: #1043358 #1046175 #1046431 #1048133 #993639
Affected Products:
  • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2

  • An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update for ucode-intel brings newer revisions of microcode firmwares
    for many Intel devices:

    - BDX-ML B0/M0/R0 (06-4f-01:ef): b00001f -> b000021
    - Skylake D0 (06-4e-03:c0): 9e -> ba
    - Broadwell ULT/ULX E/F-step (06-3d-04:c0): 24 -> 25
    - ULT Cx/Dx (06-45-01:72): 1f -> 20
    - Crystalwell Cx (06-46-01:32): 16 -> 17
    - Broadwell Halo E/G-step (06-47-01:22): 16 -> 17
    - HSX EX E0 (06-3f-04:80): d -> f
    - Skylake R0 (06-5e-03:36): 9e -> ba
    - Haswell Cx/Dx (06-3c-03:32): 20 -> 22
    - HSX C0 (06-3f-02:6f): 39 -> 3a
    - KBL H0 (06-8e-09:c0): -> 62
    - KBL Y0 (06-8e-0a:c0): -> 66
    - KBL B0 (06-9e-09:2a): -> 5e
    - SKX H0 (06-55-04:97): -> 2000022

    The updated CPU microcode addresses the following bugs:

    - Intel Skylake AVX/ FMA3 issue. (bsc#993639)
    - Intel Skylake HyperThreading issue. (bsc#1046431)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1223=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1223=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):
      • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

    References: