A new microcode_ctl package has been released for Fedora 29
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-7a3fc17778
2019-11-13 06:47:08.913545
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Name : microcode_ctl
Product : Fedora 29
Version : 2.1
Release : 33.fc29
URL : https://pagure.io/microcode_ctl
Summary : Tool to transform and deploy CPU microcode update for x86
Description :
The microcode_ctl utility is a companion to the microcode driver written
by Tigran Aivazian .
The microcode update is volatile and needs to be uploaded on each system
boot i.e. it doesn't reflash your cpu permanently, reboot and it reverts
back to the old microcode.
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Update Information:
The 5.3.11 stable kernel update contains a number of important security updates
across the tree, including mitigations for the most recent hardware issues
disclosed on Nov 12. ---- The 5.3.9 update contains a number of important
fixes across the tree ---- Update to upstream 2.1-22. 20190618
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ChangeLog:
* Tue Nov 12 2019 Justin Forbes 2:2.1-33
- Update to microcode-20191112 for CVE fixes
* Wed Oct 2 2019 Anton Arapov 2:2.1-32
- Update to upstream 2.1-23. 20190918
* Thu Jul 25 2019 Fedora Release Engineering - 2:2.1-31
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_31_Mass_Rebuild
* Thu Jun 20 2019 Anton Arapov 2:2.1-30
- Update to upstream 2.1-22. 20190618
* Wed May 15 2019 Anton Arapov 2:2.1-29
- Update to upstream 2.1-21. 20190514
* Thu May 9 2019 Anton Arapov 2:2.1-28
- Update to upstream 2.1-20. 20190312
* Fri Feb 1 2019 Fedora Release Engineering - 2:2.1-27
- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_30_Mass_Rebuild
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1753062 - CVE-2019-11135 hw: TSX Transaction Asynchronous Abort (TAA)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1753062
[ 2 ] Bug #1646768 - CVE-2018-12207 hw: Machine Check Error on Page Size Change (IPU)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1646768
[ 3 ] Bug #1724393 - CVE-2019-0154 hw: Intel GPU Denial Of Service while accessing MMIO in lower power state
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1724393
[ 4 ] Bug #1724398 - CVE-2019-0155 hw: Intel GPU blitter manipulation can allow for arbitrary kernel memory write
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1724398
[ 5 ] Bug #1758414 - CVE-2019-0117 hw: Intel SGX information leak
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1758414
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-7a3fc17778' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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