A microcode_ctl security update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELSA-2022-9484 Important: Oracle Linux 8 microcode_ctl security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2022-9484

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9484.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
microcode_ctl-20220207-1.0.3.el8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/microcode_ctl-20220207-1.0.3.el8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2022-21123
CVE-2022-21125
CVE-2022-21127
CVE-2022-21166



Description of changes:

[4:20220207-1.0.3]
- update 06-55-04 to 0x2006d05
- update 06-55-07 to 0x5003302
- update 06-6a-04 to 0xb000280
- update 06-6a-06 to 0xd000375

[4:20220207-1.0.2]
- roll back 06-6a-06 to 0xd0002a0 due to PCIe issues on reset [Orabug: 34076995]

[4:20220207-1.0.1]
- add support for UEK6 and UEK7 kernels
- enable early update for 06-4f-01
- remove no longer appropriate caveats for 06-2d-07 and 06-55-04
- enable early and late load on RHCK

[4:20220207-1]
- Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20220207 release:
- Fixes in releasenote.md file.

[4:20220204-1]
- Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20220204 release, addresses
CVE-2021-0127, CVE-2021-0145, and CVE-2021-33120 (#1971906, #2049543,
- Removal of 06-86-04/0x01 (SNR B0) microcode at revision 0xb00000f;
- Removal of 06-86-05/0x01 (SNR B1) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-86-04)
at revision 0xb00000f;
- Removal of 06-86-04/0x01 (SNR B0) microcode (in intel-ucode/06-86-05)
at revision 0xb00000f;
- Removal of 06-86-05/0x01 (SNR B1) microcode at revision 0xb00000f;
- Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/U 2+3e/Y D0/K1) microcode (in
intel-06-4e-03/intel-ucode/06-4e-03) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
- Update of 06-4f-01/0xef (BDX-E/EP/EX/ML B0/M0/R0) microcode (in
intel-06-4f-01/intel-ucode/06-4f-01) from revision 0xb00003e up
to 0xb000040;
- Update of 06-55-04/0xb7 (SKX-D/SP/W/X H0/M0/M1/U0) microcode (in
intel-06-55-04/intel-ucode/06-55-04) from revision 0x2006b06 up
to 0x2006c0a;
- Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S/Xeon E3 N0/R0/S0) microcode (in
intel-06-5e-03/intel-ucode/06-5e-03) from revision 0xea up to 0xec;
- Update of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode (in
intel-06-8c-01/intel-ucode/06-8c-01) from revision 0x88 up to 0x9a;
- Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/U 2+3e/Y H0/J1) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0, KBL-R Y0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0a) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0b) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y 4+2 V0, CML-U 4+2 V0, WHL-U V0)
microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0c) from
revision 0xea up to 0xec;
- Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/H/S/X/Xeon E3 B0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-09) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0a) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-E/H/S B0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0b) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E P0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0c) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E R0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0d) from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-3f-02/0x6f (HSX-E/EN/EP/EP 4S C0/C1/M1/R2) microcode
from revision 0x46 up to 0x49;
- Update of 06-3f-04/0x80 (HSX-EX E0) microcode from revision 0x19 up
to 0x1a;
- Update of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKX-SP B1) microcode from revision 0x100015b
up to 0x100015c;
- Update of 06-55-06/0xbf (CLX-SP B0) microcode from revision 0x4003102
up to 0x400320a;
- Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP/W/X B1/L1) microcode from revision
0x5003102 up to 0x500320a;
- Update of 06-55-0b/0xbf (CPX-SP A1) microcode from revision 0x7002302
up to 0x7002402;
- Update of 06-56-03/0x10 (BDX-DE V2/V3) microcode from revision
0x700001b up to 0x700001c;
- Update of 06-56-04/0x10 (BDX-DE Y0) microcode from revision 0xf000019
up to 0xf00001a;
- Update of 06-56-05/0x10 (BDX-NS A0/A1, HWL A1) microcode from revision
0xe000012 up to 0xe000014;
- Update of 06-5c-09/0x03 (APL D0) microcode from revision 0x44 up
to 0x46;
- Update of 06-5c-0a/0x03 (APL B1/F1) microcode from revision 0x20 up
to 0x24;
- Update of 06-5f-01/0x01 (DNV B0) microcode from revision 0x34 up
to 0x36;
- Update of 06-6a-06/0x87 (ICX-SP D0) microcode from revision 0xd0002a0
up to 0xd000331;
- Update of 06-7a-01/0x01 (GLK B0) microcode from revision 0x36 up
to 0x38;
- Update of 06-7a-08/0x01 (GLK-R R0) microcode from revision 0x1a up
to 0x1c;
- Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode from revision 0xa6
up to 0xa8;
- Update of 06-8a-01/0x10 (LKF B2/B3) microcode from revision 0x2a up
to 0x2d;
- Update of 06-8c-02/0xc2 (TGL-R C0) microcode from revision 0x16 up
to 0x22;
- Update of 06-8d-01/0xc2 (TGL-H R0) microcode from revision 0x2c up
to 0x3c;
- Update of 06-96-01/0x01 (EHL B1) microcode from revision 0x11 up
to 0x15;
- Update of 06-9c-00/0x01 (JSL A0/A1) microcode from revision 0x1d up
to 0x2400001f;
- Update of 06-a5-02/0x20 (CML-H R1) microcode from revision 0xea up
to 0xec;
- Update of 06-a5-03/0x22 (CML-S 6+2 G1) microcode from revision 0xea
up to 0xec;
- Update of 06-a5-05/0x22 (CML-S 10+2 Q0) microcode from revision 0xec
up to 0xee;
- Update of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode from revision 0xe8
up to 0xea;
- Update of 06-a6-01/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 v2 K1) microcode from revision
0xea up to 0xec;
- Update of 06-a7-01/0x02 (RKL-S B0) microcode from revision 0x40 up
to 0x50.

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