[El-errata] ELSA-2020-5083 Moderate: Oracle Linux 7 microcode_ctl security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2020-5083

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-5083.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
microcode_ctl-2.1-73.2.0.1.el7_9.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/microcode_ctl-2.1-73.2.0.1.el7_9.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2:2.1-73.2.0.1]
- for Intel, do not trigger load if on-disk microcode is not an update 
[Orabug: 30634727]
- set early_microcode="no" in virtualized guests to avoid early load 
bugs [Orabug: 30618736]
- ensure late loading fixes are present on 4.1.12-* and 4.14.35-*
- enable early and late load for 5.4.17-*
- enable early loading for 06-4f-01 caveat
- remove 06-55-04 caveat

[2:2.1-73.2]
- Update Intel CPU microcode to microcode-20201027 release, addresses
CVE-2020-8694, CVE-2020-8695, CVE-2020-8696, CVE-2020-8698
(#1893261, #1893249, #1893229):
- Addition of 06-55-0b/0xbf (CPX-SP A1) microcode at revision 0x700001e;
- Addition of 06-8c-01/0x80 (TGL-UP3/UP4 B1) microcode at revision 0x68;
- Addition of 06-a5-02/0x20 (CML-H R1) microcode at revision 0xe0;
- Addition of 06-a5-03/0x22 (CML-S 6+2 G1) microcode at revision 0xe0;
- Addition of 06-a5-05/0x22 (CML-S 10+2 Q0) microcode at revision 0xe0;
- Addition of 06-a6-01/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 v2 K0) microcode at revision
0xe0;
- Update of 06-4e-03/0xc0 (SKL-U/U 2+3e/Y D0/K1) microcode (in
intel-06-4e-03/intel-ucode/06-4e-03) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2;
- Update of 06-55-04/0xb7 (SKX-D/SP/W/X H0/M0/M1/U0) microcode (in
intel-06-55-04/intel-ucode/06-55-04) from revision 0x2006906 up
to 0x2006a08;
- Update of 06-5e-03/0x36 (SKL-H/S/Xeon E3 N0/R0/S0) microcode (in
intel-06-5e-03/intel-ucode/06-5e-03) from revision 0xdc up to 0xe2;
- Update of 06-8e-09/0x10 (AML-Y 2+2 H0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-8e-09/0xc0 (KBL-U/U 2+3e/Y H0/J1) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-09) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-8e-0a/0xc0 (CFL-U 4+3e D0, KBL-R Y0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0a) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xe0;
- Update of 06-8e-0b/0xd0 (WHL-U W0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0b) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-8e-0c/0x94 (AML-Y 4+2 V0, CML-U 4+2 V0, WHL-U V0)
microcode (in intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-8e-0c) from
revision 0xd6 up to 0xde;
- Update of 06-9e-09/0x2a (KBL-G/H/S/X/Xeon E3 B0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-09) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-9e-0a/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E U0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0a) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-9e-0b/0x02 (CFL-E/H/S B0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0b) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-9e-0c/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E P0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0c) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-9e-0d/0x22 (CFL-H/S/Xeon E R0) microcode (in
intel-06-8e-9e-0x-dell/intel-ucode/06-9e-0d) from revision 0xd6 up
to 0xde;
- Update of 06-3f-02/0x6f (HSX-E/EN/EP/EP 4S C0/C1/M1/R2) microcode
from revision 0x43 up to 0x44;
- Update of 06-55-03/0x97 (SKX-SP B1) microcode from revision 0x1000157
up to 0x1000159;
- Update of 06-55-06/0xbf (CLX-SP B0) microcode from revision 0x4002f01
up to 0x4003003;
- Update of 06-55-07/0xbf (CLX-SP/W/X B1/L1) microcode from revision
0x5002f01 up to 0x5003003;
- Update of 06-5c-09/0x03 (APL D0) microcode from revision 0x38 up
to 0x40;
- Update of 06-5c-0a/0x03 (APL B1/F1) microcode from revision 0x16 up
to 0x1e;
- Update of 06-7a-08/0x01 (GLK-R R0) microcode from revision 0x16 up
to 0x18;
- Update of 06-7e-05/0x80 (ICL-U/Y D1) microcode from revision 0x78
up to 0xa0;
- Update of 06-a6-00/0x80 (CML-U 6+2 A0) microcode from revision 0xca
up to 0xe0.

[2:2.1-73.1]
- Add README file to the documentation directory.
- Add publicly-sourced codenames list to supply to gen_provides.sh; update
the latter to handle the somewhat different format.
- Add SUMMARY.intel-ucode file containing metadata information from
the microcode file headers.