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 Information:
Update to upstream 2.1-43. 20240531 Addition of 06-aa-04/0xe6 (MTL-H/U C0) microcode at revision 0x1c; Addition of 06-ba-08/0xe0 microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-02) at revision 0x4121; Addition of 06-ba-08/0xe0 microcode (in intel-ucode/06-ba-03) at revision 0x4121; Addition of 06-ba-08/0xe0 microcode at revision 0x4121; Addition of 06-cf-01/0x87 (EMR-SP A0) microcode at revision 0x21000230; Addition of 06-cf-02/0x87 (EMR-SP A1) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-cf-01) at revision 0x21000230; Addition of 06-cf-01/0x87 (EMR-SP A0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-cf-02) at revision 0x21000230; Addition of 06-cf-02/0x87 (EMR-SP A1) microcode at revision 0x21000230; Removal of 06-8f-04/0x10 microcode at revision 0x2c000290; Removal of 06-8f-04/0x87 (SPR-SP E0/S1) microcode at revision 0x2b0004d0; Removal of 06-8f-05/0x10 (SPR-HBM B1) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-8f-04) at revision 0x2c000290; Removal of 06-8f-05/0x87 (SPR-SP E2) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-8f-04) at revision ...
* Mon Aug 5 2024 Eugene Syromiatnikov
[ 1 ] Bug #2270698 - CVE-2023-22655 kernel: local privilege escalation on Intel microcode on Intel(R) Xeon(R)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270698
[ 2 ] Bug #2270700 - CVE-2023-28746 kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Atom(R) processors
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270700
[ 3 ] Bug #2270701 - CVE-2023-38575 kernel: Local information disclosure in some Intel(R) processors
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270701
[ 4 ] Bug #2270703 - CVE-2023-39368 kernel: Possible Denial of Service on Intel(R) Processors
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270703
[ 5 ] Bug #2270704 - CVE-2023-43490 kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Xeon(R) D processors with Intel(R) SGX due to incorrect calculation in microcode
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2270704
[ 6 ] Bug #2292296 - CVE-2023-45733 intel-microcode: Race conditions in some Intel(R) Processors
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-96f3c3f3d3' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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