Backporting intel-microcode to 16.04 LTS for errata fix

[Luke W Faraone]

On 28/06/17 02:48, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> I find the intel-microcode package in Ubuntu 16.04 is heavily outdated
> (3.20151106.1) leaving many Intel Skylake and Kaby Lake systems
> vulnerable to incorrect program flow/state due to a processor errata
> [1].

Apologies you didn't receive a response.

However, a few days before your mail, 3.20180425.1~ubuntu0.16.04.2 was
uploaded to xenial-security. Generally, the `xenial` pocket doesn't see
updates aside from point releases — we expect people to enable -security
to get bug-fixes.

[1]: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/intel-microcode/+changelog

Cheers,
Luke Faraone

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