A microcode_ctl security update has been released for Oracle Linux 8.

El-errata: ELSA-2022-9508 Important: Oracle Linux 8 microcode_ctl security update

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2022-9508

  http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2022-9508.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
microcode_ctl-20220207-1.0.4.el8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:

SRPMS:
  http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/microcode_ctl-20220207-1.0.4.el8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2022-21123
CVE-2022-21125
CVE-2022-21127
CVE-2022-21166



Description of changes:

[4:20220207-1.0.4]
- ensure UEK also rebuilds initramfs [Orabug: 34280058]

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