Recommended update for ucode-intel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:1802-1
Rating: moderate
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Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-1802=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20200616-3.3.1

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