ELEA-2025-2427

ELEA-2025-2427 - microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update

Type:	ENHANCEMENT
Impact:	NA
Release Date:	2025-04-11

Description

[2:2.1-73.23.0.20250211]
- update microcode bundle to 20250211 [Orabug: 37670820]
- drop releasenote.md file

[2:2.1-73.20.0.1]
- don't bother calling dracut if virtualized [Orabug: 35702409]
- also rebuild initramfs for kernel-ueknano [Orabug: 35698043]
- ensure UEK also rebuilds initramfs [Orabug: 34280052]
- 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

Updated Packages

Release/Architecture	Filename	sha256	Superseded By Advisory	Channel Label
Oracle Linux 7 (x86_64)	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.23.0.20250211.el7_9.src.rpm	acade2389b8fd2225e01665903c101f8a5c978b40ff6b94159a6adf9a31d3d20	-	ol7_x86_64_latest_ELS
	microcode_ctl-2.1-73.23.0.20250211.el7_9.x86_64.rpm	54d275d66d16d67e620b4ff9f6e06b12d62e2d748b0a28a35220d157da480bac	-	ol7_x86_64_latest_ELS

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