Recommended update for microcode_ctl

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:14635-1
Rating: important
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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:

Updated Intel CPU Microcode to 20210216 official release. (bsc#1182347 bsc#1179224)

  • | Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products
  • |:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:---------
  • | SKX-SP | H0/M0/U0 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006a08 | 02006a0a | Xeon Scalable
  • | SKX-D | M1 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006a08 | 02006a0a | Xeon D-21xx
  • | CLX-SP | B0 | 06-55-06/bf | 04003003 | 04003006 | Xeon Scalable Gen2
  • | CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05003003 | 05003006 | 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-14635=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-14635=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-microcode_ctl-14635=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.68.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.68.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64 i586)
    • microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.68.1

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