Recommended update for ucode-intel

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2020:3856-1
Rating: important
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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 one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues:

  • Reverted 3 CPU microcodes back to 20200616 release level after regression reports. (bsc#1179224)

  • SKX-SP | H0/M0/U0 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006906 | Xeon Scalable

  • SKX-D | M1 | 06-55-04/b7 | 02006906 | Xeon D-21xx
  • CLX-SP | B0 | 06-55-06/bf | 04002f01 | Xeon Scalable Gen2
  • CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05002f01 | 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-SP2-2020-3856=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (x86_64)
    • ucode-intel-20201118-2.16.1

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