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HistoryNov 17, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

microcode_ctl security, bug fix, and enhancement update

2020-11-1700:00:00
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5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

[3:1.17-33.31.0.1]

  • recognize the ‘force-intel’ file path available on EL7+ [orabug 31655792]
  • disable live load during %post due to UEK4 rendezvous timeouts [orabug 31655792]
  • merge Oracle changes for early load via dracut
  • remove no longer appropriate caveats for 06-2d-07 and 06-55-04
  • remove other caveat support to be compatible with early load logic
  • enable late load on install for UEK4 kernels marked safe (except BDW-79)
  • set early_microcode=‘no’ in virtualized guests to avoid early load bugs [Orabug: 30618737]
    [2:1.17-33.31]
  • Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20201027 release, addresses
    CVE-2020-8694, CVE-2020-8695, CVE-2020-8696, CVE-2020-8698
    (#1893243, #1893238):
    • Addition of 06-55-0b/0xbf (CPX-SP A1) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      at revision 0x700001e;
    • Addition of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) at revision 0x68;
    • Addition of 06-a5-02/0x20 (CML-H R1) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      at revision 0xe0;
    • Addition of 06-a5-03/0x22 (CML-S 6+2 G1) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      at revision 0xe0;
    • Addition of 06-a5-05/0x22 (CML-S 10+2 Q0) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      at revision 0xe0;
    • Addition of 06-a6-01/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 v2 K0) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) at revision 0xe0;
    • Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/U 2+3e/Y D0/K1) microcode (in
      microcode-06-4e-03.dat) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2;
    • Update of 06-55-04/0xb7 (SKX-D/SP/W/X H0/M0/M1/U0) microcode (in
      microcode-06-55-04.dat) from revision 0x2006906 up to 0x2006a08;
    • Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S/Xeon E3 N0/R0/S0) microcode (in
      microcode-06-5e-03.dat) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2;
    • Update of 06-3f-02/0x6f (HSX-E/EN/EP/EP 4S C0/C1/M1/R2) microcode
      (in microcode.dat) from revision 0x43 up to 0x44;
    • Update of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKX-SP B1) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0x1000157 up to 0x1000159;
    • Update of 06-55-06/0xbf (CLX-SP B0) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0x4002f01 up to 0x4003003;
    • Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP/W/X B1/L1) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) from revision 0x5002f01 up to 0x5003003;
    • Update of 06-5c-09/0x03 (APL D0) microcode (in microcode.dat) from
      revision 0x38 up to 0x40;
    • Update of 06-5c-0a/0x03 (APL B1/F1) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0x16 up to 0x1e;
    • Update of 06-7a-08/0x01 (GLK-R R0) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0x16 up to 0x18;
    • Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0x78 up to 0xa0;
    • Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/U 2+3e/Y H0/J1) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0, KBL-R Y0) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xe0;
    • Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y 4+2 V0, CML-U 4+2 V0, WHL-U V0)
      microcode (in microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/H/S/X/Xeon E3 B0) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-E/H/S B0) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E P0) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E R0) microcode (in
      microcode.dat) from revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
    • Update of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode (in microcode.dat)
      from revision 0xca up to 0xe0.
      [2:1.17-33.30]
  • Add README file to the documentation directory.
  • Add publicly-sourced codenames list to supply to gen_provides.sh; update
    the latter to handle the somewhat different format.
  • Add SUMMARY.intel-ucode file containing metadata information from
    the microcode file headers.

5.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N