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Fedora 26: 2018-01-16 Security Update microcode_ctl Critical Spectre Fix

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Calendar Grey January 16, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Ubuntu Microcode Patch 3.5-29 improves system integrity by mitigating the Meltdown flaw efficiently.
Update to upstream 2.1-15

Summary

The microcode_ctl 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.

Update to upstream 2.1-15. 20180108. Includes fix for Spectre.

su -c 'dnf upgrade microcode_ctl' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Change Log

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 26
Version: 2.1
Release: 20.fc26
Summary: Tool to transform and deploy CPU microcode update for x86

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