A microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update has been released for Oracle Linux 7

Oracle Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2019-3846

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELEA-2019-3846.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
microcode_ctl-2.1-53.3.0.1.el7_7.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/microcode_ctl-2.1-53.3.0.1.el7_7.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[2:2.1-53.3.0.1]
- do not late load prior to 3.10.0
- ensure late loading fixes are present on 4.1.12-* and 4.14.35-*
- enable early loading on 06-4f-01
- update 06-55-04 to 0x2000065
- update 06-55-07 to 0x500002c

[2:2.1-53.3]
- Intel CPU microcode update to 20191112, addresses CVE-2017-5715,
CVE-2019-0117, CVE-2019-11135, CVE-2019-11139 (#1764050, #1764070,
#1764949,
- Addition of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode at revision 0xc6;
- Addition of 06-66-03/0x80 (CNL-U D0) microcode at revision 0x2a;
- Addition of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKL-SP B1) microcode at revision 0x1000150;
- Addition of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode at revision 0x46;
- Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/Y D0) microcode from revision 0xcc
to 0xd4;
- Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S/Xeon E3 R0/N0) microcode from
revision 0xcc
to 0xd4
- Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode from revision 0xb4
to 0xc6;
- Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/Y H0) microcode from revision 0xb4
to 0xc6;
- Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0) microcode from revision 0xb4
to 0xc6;
- Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode from revision 0xb8 to
0xc6;
- Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y V0) microcode from revision 0xb8 to
0xc6;
- Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (CML-U 4+2 V0) microcode from revision 0xb8
to 0xc6;
- Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (WHL-U V0) microcode from revision 0xb8 to
0xc6;
- Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/X H0) microcode from revision 0xb4
to 0xc6;
- Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-H/S/Xeon E3 B0) microcode from
revision 0xb4
to 0xc6;
- Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode from revision
0xb4
to 0xc6;
- Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-S B0) microcode from revision 0xb4 to
0xc6;
- Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H R0) microcode from revision 0xb8 to
0xc6.
- Rework dracut hook to address dracut's early initramfs generation
behaviour.