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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-2432-01 Moderate: Security Update for Microcode_Ctl

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Calendar Grey June 9, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Revised microcode_ctl software versions bolster security measures and refine numerous features, concurrently resolving various bugs classified as moderate.
Updated microcode_ctl packages that fix several security bugs and add various enhancements are now available

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Security Fix(es):
* hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (CVE-2020-0543)
* hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549)
* hw: Vector Register Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0548)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20200602 release, addresses: - Update of 06-2d-06/0x6d (SNB-E/EN/EP C1/M0) microcode from revision 0x61f up to 0x621; - Update of 06-2d-07/0x6d (SNB-E/EN/EP C2/M1) microcode from revision 0x718 up to 0x71a; - Update of 06-3c-03/0x32 (HSW C0) microcode from revision 0x27 up to 0x28; - Update of 06-3d-04/0xc0 (BDW-U/Y E0/F0) microcode from revision 0x2e up to 0x2f; - Update of 06-45-01/0x72 (HSW-U C0/D0) microcode from revision 0x25 up to 0x26; - Update of 06-46-01/0x32 (HSW-H C0) microcode from revision 0x1b up to 0x1c; - Update of 06-47-01/0x22 (BDW-H/Xeon E3 E0/G0) microcode from revision 0x21 up to 0x22; - Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/Y D0) microcode from revision 0xd6 up to 0xdc; - Update of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKX-SP B1) microcode from revision 0x1000151 up to 0x1000157; - Update of 06-55-04/0xb7 (SKX-SP H0/M0/U0, SKX-D M1) microcode (in intel-06-55-04/intel-ucode/06-55-04) from revision 0x2000065 up to 0x2006906; - Update of 06-55-06/0xbf (CLX-SP B0) microcode from revision 0x400002c up to 0x4002f01; - Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP B1) microcode from revision 0x500002c up to 0x5002f01; - Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S R0/N0) microcode from revision 0xd6 up to 0xdc; - Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode from revision 0x46 up to 0x78; - Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y22 H0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/Y H0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U43e D0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y42 V0, CML-Y42 V0, WHL-U V0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/H/S/X/Xeon E3 B0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E3 U0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-S B0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S P0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6; - Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H R0) microcode from revision 0xca up to 0xd6. - - Change the URL in the intel-microcode2ucode.8 to point to the GitHub repository since the microcode download section at Intel Download Center does not exist anymore.
* Narrow down SKL-SP/W/X blacklist to exclude Server/FPGA/Fabric segment models.
* Re-generate initramfs not only for the currently running kernel, but for several recently installed kernels as well.
* Avoid find being SIGPIPE'd on early "grep -q" exit in the dracut script.
* Update stale posttrans dependency, add triggers for proper handling of the debug kernel flavour along with kernel-rt.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0543 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0548 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-0549 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5142751 https://access.redhat.com/solutions/5142691

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.src.rpm
x86_64: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.src.rpm
x86_64: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.src.rpm
x86_64: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.src.rpm
x86_64: microcode_ctl-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-61.6.el7_8.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:2432-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2020-06-09

Topic

Updated microcode_ctl packages that fix several security bugs and addvarious enhancements are now available.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1788786 - CVE-2020-0548 hw: Vector Register Data Sampling

1788788 - CVE-2020-0549 hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling

1827165 - CVE-2020-0543 hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS)

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