Recommended update for ucode-intel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:0509-1
Rating: important
References:
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 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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-509=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20210216-2.19.1

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