Advisories » MGASA-2024-0025

Updated dracut package fixes enabling microcode

Publication date: 04 Feb 2024
Modification date: 04 Feb 2024
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 9

Description

The updated package fixes enabling early microcode on kernels 6.6+.
On affected systems, CPU microcode updates were not loaded. CPU
microcode updates are sometimes necessary in order to address important
security vulnerabilities. If CPU microcode updates are not properly
loaded, these security vulnerabilities may remain exploitable.
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32791
• https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2023/12/15/qsb-098/
• https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/6c80408c8644a0add1907b0593eb83f90d6247b1

SRPMS

9/core

• dracut-057-4.1.mga9