A microcode_ctl security update has been released for Oracle Linux 7.

ELSA-2023-12722 Moderate: Oracle Linux 7 microcode_ctl security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-12722

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12722.html

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

x86_64:
microcode_ctl-2.1-73.15.0.6.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates//microcode_ctl-2.1-73.15.0.6.el7_9.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2022-40982

Description of changes:

[2:2.1-73.15.0.6]
- also rebuild initramfs for kernel-ueknano [Orabug: 35698043]

[2:2.1-73.15.0.5]
- update 06-55-04 to 0x2007006
- update 06-55-06 to 0x4003604
- update 06-55-07 to 0x5003604
- update 06-6a-06 to 0xd0003a5
- Resolves for Oracle hardware: {CVE-2022-40982} [Orabug: 35692745]

[2:2.1-73.15.0.2]
- update 06-6a-06 to 0xd000389