Fedora 41: microcode_ctl 2024-d6726b5d75 Security Advisory Updates
Summary
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 2.1-45. 20240910 Update of 06-97-02/0x07 (ADL-HX/S 8+8 C0) microcode from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-97-05/0x07 (ADL-S 6+0 K0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-bf-02/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-bf-05/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-02) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-97-02/0x07 (ADL-HX/S 8+8 C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-97-05/0x07 (ADL-S 6+0 K0) microcode from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-bf-02/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-bf-05/0x07 (ADL C0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-97-05) from revision 0x35 up to 0x36; Update of 06-9a-03/0x80 (ADL-P 6+8/U 9W L0/R0) microcode from revision 0x433 up to 0x434; Update of 06-9a-04/0x80 (ADL-P 2+8 R0)...
Change Log
* Fri Sep 13 2024 Eugene Syromiatnikov
References
[ 1 ] Bug #2283214 - The directory /usr/share/doc/microcode_ctl/ is not in the RPM database.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2283214
[ 2 ] Bug #2311299 - 20240910 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311299
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2024-d6726b5d75' 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