SUSE-SU-2018:0009-1 -- SLES microcode_ctlID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:89002347 | Date: (C)2021-02-26 (M)2024-05-22 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
This update for microcode_ctl fixes the following issues: Added microcode_amd_fam17h.bin This new firmware disables branch prediction on AMD family 17h processor. Also the CPU microcode for Intel Haswell-X, Skylake-X and Broadwell-X chipsets was updated to report both branch prediction control via CPUID flag and ability to control branch prediction via an MSR register. This update is part of a mitigation for a branch predictor based information disclosure attack, and needs additional code in the Linux Kernel to be active
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 |