[El-errata] ELEA-2025-2427 Oracle Linux 7 microcode_ctl bug fix and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Enhancement Advisory ELEA-2025-2427

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELEA-2025-2427.html

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

x86_64:
microcode_ctl-2.1-73.23.0.20250211.el7_9.x86_64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates//microcode_ctl-2.1-73.23.0.20250211.el7_9.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[2:2.1-73.23.0.20250211]
- update microcode bundle to 20250211 [Orabug: 37670820]
- drop releasenote.md file

[2:2.1-73.20.0.1]
- don't bother calling dracut if virtualized [Orabug: 35702409]
- also rebuild initramfs for kernel-ueknano [Orabug: 35698043]
- ensure UEK also rebuilds initramfs [Orabug: 34280052]
- 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 no longer appropriate caveats for 06-2d-07 and 06-55-04