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

ELSA-2023-12723 Moderate: Oracle Linux 8 microcode_ctl security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2023-12723

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-12723.html

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

x86_64:
microcode_ctl-20230214-2.0.3.el8.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates//microcode_ctl-20230214-2.0.3.el8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2022-40982

Description of changes:

[4:20230214-2.0.3]
- 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: 35692741]