<div class="container">
<h1>Security update for microcode_ctl</h1>
<table class="table table-striped table-bordered">
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2025:1567-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2025-05-16T13:38:05Z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243123">bsc#1243123</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28956.html">CVE-2024-28956</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43420.html">CVE-2024-43420</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45332.html">CVE-2024-45332</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20012.html">CVE-2025-20012</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20054.html">CVE-2025-20054</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20103.html">CVE-2025-20103</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20623.html">CVE-2025-20623</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24495.html">CVE-2025-24495</a>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-28956</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-28956</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-28956</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-28956</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-43420</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-43420</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-45332</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-45332</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-45332</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-45332</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20012</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20012</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20012</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.1</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20012</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20054</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20054</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20103</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20103</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20623</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-20623</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-24495</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-24495</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-24495</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-24495</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for microcode_ctl fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Intel CPU Microcode was updated to the 20250512 release (bsc#1243123)</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2024-28956: Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.</li>
<li>CVE-2025-20103: Insufficient resource pool in the core management mechanism for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.</li>
<li>CVE-2025-20054: Uncaught exception in the core management mechanism for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.</li>
<li>CVE-2024-43420: Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution for some Intel Atom processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.</li>
<li>CVE-2025-20623: Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution for some Intel Core processors (10th Generation) may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.</li>
<li>CVE-2024-45332: Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution in the indirect branch predictors for some Intel Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.</li>
<li>CVE-2025-24495: Incorrect initialization of resource in the branch prediction unit for some Intel Core Ultra Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.</li>
<li>CVE-2025-20012: Incorrect behavior order for some Intel Core Ultra Processors may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via physical access.</li>
<li>
<p>Updates for functional issues. </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>New Platforms</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>| Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products
|:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:---------
| ARL-U | A1 | 06-b5-00/80 | | 0000000a | Core Ultra Processor (Series2)
| ARL-S/HX (8P) | B0 | 06-c6-02/82 | | 00000118 | Core Ultra Processor (Series2)
| ARL-H | A1 | 06-c5-02/82 | | 00000118 | Core Ultra Processor (Series2)
| GNR-AP/SP | B0 | 06-ad-01/95 | | 010003a2 | Xeon Scalable Gen6
| GNR-AP/SP | H0 | 06-ad-01/20 | | 0a0000d1 | Xeon Scalable Gen6
| LNL | B0 | 06-bd-01/80 | | 0000011f | Core Ultra 200 V Series Processor</p>
<ul>
<li>Updated Platforms</li>
</ul>
<p>| Processor | Stepping | F-M-S/PI | Old Ver | New Ver | Products
|:---------------|:---------|:------------|:---------|:---------|:---------
| ADL | C0 | 06-97-02/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen12
| ADL | H0 | 06-97-05/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen12
| ADL | L0 | 06-9a-03/80 | 00000436 | 00000437 | Core Gen12
| ADL | R0 | 06-9a-04/80 | 00000436 | 00000437 | Core Gen12
| ADL-N | N0 | 06-be-00/19 | 0000001c | 0000001d | Core i3-N305/N300, N50/N97/N100/N200, Atom x7211E/x7213E/x7425E
| AML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile
| AZB | A0/R0 | 06-9a-04/40 | 00000009 | 0000000a | Intel(R) Atom(R) C1100
| CFL-H | R0 | 06-9e-0d/22 | 00000102 | 00000104 | Core Gen9 Mobile
| CLX-SP | B1 | 06-55-07/bf | 05003707 | 05003901 | Xeon Scalable Gen2
| CML-H | R1 | 06-a5-02/20 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile
| CML-S102 | Q0 | 06-a5-05/22 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10
| CML-S62 | G1 | 06-a5-03/22 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10
| CML-U42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile
| CML-U62 V1 | A0 | 06-a6-00/80 | 000000fe | 00000102 | Core Gen10 Mobile
| CML-U62 V2 | K1 | 06-a6-01/80 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile
| CML-Y42 | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen10 Mobile
| CPX-SP | A1 | 06-55-0b/bf | 07002904 | 07002b01 | Xeon Scalable Gen3
| EMR-SP | A1 | 06-cf-02/87 | 21000291 | 210002a9 | Xeon Scalable Gen5
| GLK-R | R0 | 06-7a-08/01 | 00000024 | 00000026 | Pentium J5040/N5030, Celeron J4125/J4025/N4020/N4120
| ICL-D | B0 | 06-6c-01/10 | 010002c0 | 010002d0 | Xeon D-17xx, D-27xx
| ICL-U/Y | D1 | 06-7e-05/80 | 000000c6 | 000000ca | Core Gen10 Mobile
| ICX-SP | Dx/M1 | 06-6a-06/87 | 0d0003f5 | 0d000404 | Xeon Scalable Gen3
| MTL | C0 | 06-aa-04/e6 | 00000020 | 00000024 | Core Ultra Processor
| RKL-S | B0 | 06-a7-01/02 | 00000063 | 00000064 | Core Gen11
| RPL-E/HX/S | B0 | 06-b7-01/32 | 0000012c | 0000012f | Core Gen13/Gen14
| RPL-H/P/PX 6+8 | J0 | 06-ba-02/e0 | 00004124 | 00004128 | Core Gen13
| RPL-HX/S | C0 | 06-bf-02/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen13/Gen14
| RPL-S | H0 | 06-bf-05/07 | 00000038 | 0000003a | Core Gen13/Gen14
| RPL-U 2+8 | Q0 | 06-ba-03/e0 | 00004124 | 00004128 | Core Gen13
| SPR-HBM | Bx | 06-8f-08/10 | 2c0003e0 | 2c0003f7 | Xeon Max
| SPR-SP | E4/S2 | 06-8f-07/87 | 2b000620 | 2b000639 | Xeon Scalable Gen4
| SPR-SP | E5/S3 | 06-8f-08/87 | 2b000620 | 2b000639 | Xeon Scalable Gen4
| SRF-SP | C0 | 06-af-03/01 | 03000330 | 03000341 | Xeon 6700-Series Processors with E-Cores
| TGL | B0/B1 | 06-8c-01/80 | 000000b8 | 000000bc | Core Gen11 Mobile
| TGL-H | R0 | 06-8d-01/c2 | 00000052 | 00000056 | Core Gen11 Mobile
| TGL-R | C0 | 06-8c-02/c2 | 00000038 | 0000003c | Core Gen11 Mobile
| TWL | N0 | 06-be-00/19 | 0000001c | 0000001d | Core i3-N305/N300, N50/N97/N100/N200, Atom x7211E/x7213E/x7425E
| WHL-U | V0 | 06-8e-0c/94 | 000000fc | 00000100 | Core Gen8 Mobile</p>
<h2>Special Instructions and Notes:</h2>
<ul>
<li>Please reboot the system after installing this update.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2025-1567=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-11-SP4-LTSS-EXTREME-CORE-2025-1567=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME CORE (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.84.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>microcode_ctl-1.17-102.83.84.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28956.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-28956.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43420.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43420.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45332.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45332.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20012.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20012.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20054.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20054.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20103.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20103.html</a>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20623.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-20623.html</a>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24495.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-24495.html</a>
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<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243123">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243123</a>
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