Bug 1758571

Summary: [rhel-7.6.z] Update Intel microcode version to microcode-20190918
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: RAD team bot copy to z-stream <autobot-eus-copy>
Component: microcode_ctlAssignee: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Jeff Bastian <jbastian>
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Version: 7.7CC: esyr, mthacker, skozina
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: ZStream
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Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: microcode_ctl-2.1-47.6.el7_6 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Clone Of: 1753541 Environment:
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Description RAD team bot copy to z-stream 2019-10-04 14:17:08 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #1753541 and has been proposed to be backported to 7.6 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Jeff Bastian 2019-10-09 16:08:19 UTC
Verified with microcode_ctl-2.1-47.7.el7_6

First do a comparison with rpmdiff against the RHEL-7.8 version (see bug 1753541 for test results) and verify the microcode data are the same (excluding timestamp and documentation differences):

$ rpmdiff microcode_ctl-2.1-47.7.el7_6.x86_64.rpm \
          microcode_ctl-2.1-55.el7.x86_64.rpm |
    grep -v -F -e '..........T' -e '/usr/share/man'
removed     PROVIDES microcode_ctl(x86-64) = 2:2.1-47.7.el7_6
added       PROVIDES microcode_ctl(x86-64) = 2:2.1-55.el7
S.5.......T /usr/sbin/intel-microcode2ucode


Next run a sanity check on a system:

[root@dell-pet3420-01 ~]# rpm -q microcode_ctl
microcode_ctl-2.1-47.7.el7_6.x86_64

[root@dell-pet3420-01 ~]# lscpu | egrep -i -e family -e model -e stepping
CPU family:            6
Model:                 158
Model name:            Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100 CPU @ 3.90GHz
Stepping:              9

[root@dell-pet3420-01 ~]# uname -r
3.10.0-957.35.2.el7.x86_64

[root@dell-pet3420-01 ~]# cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/microcode/version
0xb4

[root@dell-pet3420-01 ~]# journalctl -b0 -o short-monotonic | sed "s/$(hostname) //" | grep -i microcode | grep -v dracut
[    0.000000] kernel: microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xb4, date = 2019-04-01
[    7.499867] kernel: microcode: sig=0x906e9, pf=0x2, revision=0xb4
[    7.503614] kernel: microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.01 <tigran.co.uk>, Peter Oruba
[    7.581069] kernel: mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:906e9 TIME 1570634920 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode b4
[    7.581072] kernel: mce: [Hardware Error]: PROCESSOR 0:906e9 TIME 1570634920 SOCKET 0 APIC 0 microcode b4
[   16.869728] systemd[1]: Starting Load CPU microcode update...
[   18.083539] systemd[1]: Started Load CPU microcode update.

[root@dell-pet3420-01 ~]# cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities

[root@dell-pet3420-01 vulnerabilities]# grep . * | sed 's/:/^/' | column -t -s^
l1tf               Mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
mds                Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
meltdown           Mitigation: PTI
spec_store_bypass  Mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
spectre_v1         Mitigation: Load fences, __user pointer sanitization
spectre_v2         Mitigation: IBRS (kernel), IBPB

Comment 4 Jeff Bastian 2019-10-09 16:09:40 UTC
(In reply to Jeff Bastian from comment #3)
> Next run a sanity check on a system:

Oops, forgot the Beaker job for the sanity check:
https://beaker.engineering.redhat.com/recipes/7451750#tasks

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-10-16 09:48:06 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:3111