SUSE-RU-2017:1969-1: important: Recommended update for ucode-intel

[sle-updates at lists.suse.com]

   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for ucode-intel
______________________________________________________________________________

Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2017:1969-1
Rating:             important
References:         #1043358 #1046175 #1046431 #1048133 #993639 
                    
Affected Products:
                    SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
______________________________________________________________________________

   An update that has 5 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   This update for ucode-intel brings newer revisions of microcode firmwares
   for many Intel devices:

   - BDX-ML B0/M0/R0 (06-4f-01:ef): b00001f -> b000021
   - Skylake D0 (06-4e-03:c0): 9e -> ba
   - Broadwell ULT/ULX E/F-step (06-3d-04:c0): 24 -> 25
   - ULT Cx/Dx (06-45-01:72): 1f -> 20
   - Crystalwell Cx (06-46-01:32): 16 -> 17
   - Broadwell Halo E/G-step (06-47-01:22): 16 -> 17
   - HSX EX E0 (06-3f-04:80): d -> f
   - Skylake R0 (06-5e-03:36): 9e -> ba
   - Haswell Cx/Dx (06-3c-03:32): 20 -> 22
   - HSX C0 (06-3f-02:6f): 39 -> 3a
   - KBL H0 (06-8e-09:c0): -> 62
   - KBL Y0 (06-8e-0a:c0): -> 66
   - KBL B0 (06-9e-09:2a): -> 5e
   - SKX H0 (06-55-04:97): -> 2000022

   The updated CPU microcode addresses the following bugs:

   - Intel Skylake AVX/ FMA3 issue. (bsc#993639)
   - Intel Skylake HyperThreading issue. (bsc#1046431)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1223=1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:

      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1223=1

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2 (x86_64):

      ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
      ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1043358
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046175
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1046431
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/1048133
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/993639