microcode_ctl security update

1:1.17-25.4.0.1 - Enable early microcode load to allow updating Broadwell model 79 - Make sure 'modprobe microcode' is not executed on Broadwell model 79 - Run dracut upon microcode update - Add updated Intel 20180108 microcode for CPUIDs: CVE-2017-5715 306c3 06-3c-03 rev 0x23, Haswell; 306d4...

RHEL 7 : linux-firmware (RHSA-2018:0094) (Spectre)

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Extended...

(RHSA-2018:0094) Important: linux-firmware security update

The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate. This update supersedes microcode provided by Red Hat with the CVE-2017-5715 “Spectre” CPU branch injection vulnerability mitigation. Historically, Red Hat has provided updated microcode,...

(RHSA-2018:0093) Important: microcode_ctl security update

The microcodectl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors. This update supersedes microcode provided by Red Hat with the CVE-2017-5715 “Spectre” CPU branch injection vulnerability mitigation. Historically, Red Hat has provided updated microcode, developed by our...

[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: microcode_ctl-2.1-20.fc26

The microcodectl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written by Tigran Aivazian . The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts back to the old microcode...

Fedora 27 : linux-firmware (2018-41af2a8d65)

Microcode update for AMD cpus Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 ...

Fedora 27 : dracut (2018-53f304b0d3)

Adds support for early microcode for AMD CPUs family = 0x17. Note: Intel CPU support is fine. To add the microcode to all your initramfs images: dracut --regenerate-all --force To only add it to the current kernel version: dracut --force Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the...

MGASA-2018-0075 Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update provides the upstream 4.4.111 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

MGASA-2018-0079 Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update provides microcode fixes and mitigations for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 for many Intel CPUs produced in the last 5 years. So far the Intel microcode updates are for several processors from the Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Gemini Lake, Apollo Lake, Crystal Well and I...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update provides the upstream 4.4.111 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-linus update provided the upstream 4.14.13 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.14.13 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerabilities

This update provides microcode fixes and mitigations for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 for many Intel CPUs produced in the last 5 years. So far the Intel microcode updates are for several processors from the Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake, Kaby Lake, Coffee Lake, Gemini Lake, Apollo Lake, Crystal Well and I...

Updated kernel-tmb packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.4.111 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KTPI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

Updated kernel packages fix security vulnerabilities

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.13 and fixes several security issues. The most important fix in this update is for the security issue named "Meltdown" that is fixed in theese kernels by enabling kernel Page Table Isolation KPTI. Note that according to AMD, this issue does not...

openSUSE: Security Advisory for ucode-intel (openSUSE-SU-2018:0066-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Copyright C 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3531-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ucode-intel (SUSE-SU-2018:0067-1) (Spectre)

This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues: Updated to Intel CPU Microcode version 20180108 bsc1075262 The pre-released microcode fixing some important security issues is now officially published and included in the added tarball. New firmware updates since last version 20170707 are...

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Intel Microcode update (USN-3531-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3531-1 advisory. It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel...

VMSA-2018-0004 : VMware vSphere, Workstation and Fusion updates add Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Remediation for speculative execution issue (Spectre)

New speculative-execution control mechanism for Virtual Machines Updates of vCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation and Fusion virtualize the new speculative-execution control mechanism for Virtual Machines VMs. As a result, a patched Guest Operating System Guest OS can remediate the Branch Target...