This update for ucode-intel fixes the following issues: The microcode bundles was updated to the 20180703 release For the listed CPU chipsets this fixes CVE-2018-3640 and helps mitigating CVE-2018-3639 . More information on: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27945/Linux-Processor-Microcode-D ata-File Following chipsets are fixed in this round: Model Stepping F-MO-S/PI Old- greater than New ---- updated platforms ------------------------------------ SNB-EP C1 6-2d-6/6d 0000061c- greater than 0000061d Xeon E5 SNB-EP C2 6-2d-7/6d 00000713- greater than 00000714 Xeon E5 IVT C0 6-3e-4/ed 0000042c- greater than 0000042d Xeon E5 v2; Core i7-4960X/4930K/4820K IVT D1 6-3e-7/ed 00000713- greater than 00000714 Xeon E5 v2 HSX-E/EP/4S C0 6-3f-2/6f 0000003c- greater than 0000003d Xeon E5 v3 HSX-EX E0 6-3f-4/80 00000011- greater than 00000012 Xeon E7 v3 SKX-SP/D/W/X H0 6-55-4/b7 02000043- greater than 0200004d Xeon Bronze 31xx, Silver 41xx, Gold 51xx/61xx Platinum 81xx, D/W-21xx; Core i9-7xxxX BDX-DE A1 6-56-5/10 0e000009- greater than 0e00000a Xeon D-15x3N BDX-ML B/M/R0 6-4f-1/ef 0b00002c- greater than 0b00002e Xeon E5/E7 v4; Core i7-69xx/68xx