ELA-200-2 intel-microcode regression update
Package intel-microcode
Version 3.20191115.2~deb7u1
Related CVE CVE-2019-11135 CVE-2019-11139
This update ships updated CPU microcode for CFL-S (Coffe Lake Desktop) models of Intel CPUs which were not yet included in the Intel microcode update released as ELA-200-1. For details please refer to
https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/security-advisory/documents/IPU-2019.2-microcode-update-guidance-v1.01.pdf
Additionally this update rolls back CPU microcode for HEDT and Xeon processors with signature 0x50654 which were affected by a regression causing hangs on warm reboots (Cf. #946515).
For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 3.20191115.2~deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages.
Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found at: https://deb.freexian.com/extended-lts/
An intel-microcode regression update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 7 Extended LTS. This update ships updated CPU microcode for CFL-S (Coffee Lake Desktop) models of Intel CPUs which were not yet included in the Intel microcode update released as ELA-200-1.
