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Can someone shed some more light on the stability issues that this update
addresses? Is there a way to tell if a machine is having these problems? I had
just updated my servers and would rather not have to do it again so soon.
thanks,
Steve Gaarder
System Administrator, Dept of Mathematics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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On Wed, 17 Jan 2018, Pat Riehecky wrote:
> Synopsis: Important: microcode_ctl security update
> Advisory ID: SLSA-2018:0093-1
> Issue Date: 2018-01-16
> CVE Numbers: CVE-2017-5715
> --
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> This update supersedes the previous microcode update provided with the
> CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre) CPU branch injection vulnerability mitigation.
> Further testing has uncovered problems with the microcode provided along
> with the Spectre mitigation that could lead to system instabilities.
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> As a result, this microcode update reverts to the last known good
> microcode version dated before 03 January 2018.
>
> You should contact your hardware provider for the latest microcode updates.
>
> IMPORTANT: If you are using Intel Skylake-, Broadwell-, and Haswell-based
> platforms, obtain and install updated microcode from your hardware
> vendor immediately. The "Spectre" mitigation requires both an updated
> kernel and updated microcode from your hardware vendor.
> --
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> SL6
> x86_64
> microcode_ctl-1.17-25.4.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.4.el6_9.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-1.17-20.2.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-20.2.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-1.17-19.2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-19.2.el6_6.x86_64.rpm
> i386
> microcode_ctl-1.17-25.4.el6_9.i686.rpm
> microcode_ctl-debuginfo-1.17-25.4.el6_9.i686.rpm
> SL7
> x86_64
> microcode_ctl-2.1-22.5.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-22.5.el7_4.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-2.1-16.5.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-16.5.el7_3.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-2.1-12.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpm
> microcode_ctl-debuginfo-2.1-12.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpm
>
> - Scientific Linux Development Team
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