ELSA-2021-3028

ELSA-2021-3028 - microcode_ctl security, bug fix and enhancement update

Type:	SECURITY
Impact:	IMPORTANT
Release Date:	2021-08-09

Description

[2:2.1-73.11.0.1]
- for Intel, do not trigger load if on-disk microcode is not an update [Orabug: 30634727]
- set early_microcode='no' in virtualized guests to avoid early load bugs [Orabug: 30618736]
- ensure late loading fixes are present on 4.1.12-* and 4.14.35-*
- enable early and late load for 5.4.17-*
- enable early loading for 06-4f-01 caveat
- remove no longer appropriate caveats for 06-2d-07 and 06-55-04

[2:2.1-73.11]
- Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20210608 release:
- Fixes in releasenote.md file.

[2:2.1-73.10]
- Make intel-06-2d-07, intel-06-4e-03, intel-06-4f-01, intel-06-55-04,
intel-06-5e-03, intel-06-8c-01, intel-06-8e-9e-0x-0xca,
and intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell caveats dependent on intel caveat.
- Enable 06-8c-01 microcode update by default.
- Enable 06-5e-03 microcode update by default (#1897684).

Related CVEs

CVE-2020-8696

CVE-2020-0548

CVE-2020-24511

CVE-2020-8698

CVE-2020-0549

CVE-2020-24512

CVE-2020-0543

CVE-2020-24489

CVE-2020-8695

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.src.rpm	49675e9f565f1b90ea5a9ffa7c7815eb3b772b9db49002e06e6792e5c54cfa14	ELEA-2023-7283	ol7_x86_64_latest
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.src.rpm	49675e9f565f1b90ea5a9ffa7c7815eb3b772b9db49002e06e6792e5c54cfa14	ELEA-2023-7283	ol7_x86_64_u9_patch
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.14.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.15.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.16.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.17.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.18.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.19.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.20.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.21.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_20.1.22.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.10.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.11.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.12.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.4.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.5.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.6.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.7.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.8.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	exadata_dbserver_21.2.9.0.0_x86_64_base
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	ol7_x86_64_latest
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.11.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	751f2845a1c34f32fc07d0f0b6f261d7ddfa3758afbe1a1f15a0abc72c8c3cf2	ELEA-2023-7283	ol7_x86_64_u9_patch

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