Recommended update for ucode-intel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2019:2529-1
Rating: moderate
References:
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 Business Critical Linux 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.0

An update that has two fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:

The Intel CPU Microcode 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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-2529=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP1 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20190918-3.6.1

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