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Fedora 26: 2018-01-07 Critical Dracut Update For AMD CPUs

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 ```. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2018-9bcc7b0b70 2018-01-07 21:10:57.336458 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name : dracut Product : Fedora 26 Version : 046 Release : 8.git20180105.fc26 URL : https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/wiki/ Summary : Initramfs generator using udev Description : dracut contains tools to create a bootable initramfs for 2.6 Linux kernels. Unlike existing implementations, dracut does hard-code as little as possible into the initramfs. dracut contains various modules which are driven by the event-based udev. Having root on MD, DM, LVM2, LUKS is supported as well as NFS, iSCSI, NBD, FCoE with the dracut-network package. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: 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 ``` --------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade dracut' 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 foundat https://fedoraproject.org/security/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailing list -- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To unsubscribe send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The latest update for Fedora 26 dracut introduces enhanced support for AMD CPU microcode, aiming to boost overall performance and system reliability.. Fedora Updates, AMD Microcode, Dracut Improvements, System Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 07, 2018 •Critical Fedora