RHSA-2021:3255 — Security Advisory

An update for microcode_ctl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel.

Security Fix(es):

• hw: Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) (CVE-2020-0543)

• hw: Vector Register Data Sampling (CVE-2020-0548)

• hw: L1D Cache Eviction Sampling (CVE-2020-0549)

• hw: vt-d related privilege escalation (CVE-2020-24489)

• hw: improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel Processors (CVE-2020-24511)

• hw: observable timing discrepancy in some Intel Processors (CVE-2020-24512)

• hw: Information disclosure issue in Intel SGX via RAPL interface (CVE-2020-8695)

• hw: Vector Register Leakage-Active (CVE-2020-8696)

• hw: Fast forward store predictor (CVE-2020-8698)