Recommended update for ucode-intel

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

An update that has five 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 update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
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 Desktop 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1223=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1223=1

Package List:

• SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS 12 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS 12-SP1 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (x86_64)
  • ucode-intel-debugsource-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-20170707-13.5.1
  • ucode-intel-debuginfo-20170707-13.5.1

References:

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043358
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046175
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1046431
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048133
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=993639