Recommended update for microcode_ctl

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:14183-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for microcode_ctl fixes the following issues:

The Intel CPU Microcode bundle was updated to the 20190918 bugfix release (bsc#1151232 bsc#1138185)

Processor Identifier Version Products Model Stepping F-MO-S/PI Old->New

---- updated platforms ------------------------------------ BDW-U/Y E0/F0 6-3d-4/c0 0000002d->0000002e Core Gen5 HSX-EX E0 6-3f-4/80 00000014->00000016 Xeon E7 v3 BDW-H/E3 E0/G0 6-47-1/22 00000020->00000021 Core Gen5 BDX-ML B0/M0/R0 6-4f-1/ef 0b000036->0b000038 Xeon E5/E7 v4; Core i7-69xx/68xx BDX-DE V1 6-56-2/10 0000001a->0000001c Xeon D-1520/40 BDX-DE V2/3 6-56-3/10 07000017->07000019 Xeon D-1518/19/21/27/28/31/33/37/41/48, Pentium D1507/08/09/17/19 BDX-DE Y0 6-56-4/10 0f000015->0f000017 Xeon D-1557/59/67/71/77/81/87 BDX-NS A0 6-56-5/10 0e00000d->0e00000f Xeon D-1513N/23/33/43/53 SKX-SP H0/M0/U0 6-55-4/b7 0200005e->00000064 Xeon Scalable SKX-D M1 6-55-4/b7 0200005e->00000064 Xeon D-21xx CLX-SP B1 6-55-7/bf 05000021->0500002b Xeon Scalable Gen2

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 Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-microcode_ctl-14183=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-14183=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-14183=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.44.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.44.2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.44.2

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