Ubuntu
glibc package

  1. Bug #1991898
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 1991898

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Simon Chopin (schopin) wrote : Re: [Bug 1991898] Re: [FFe] 2.36-0ubuntu4 update (various bugfixes + ARC enablement)

Quoting Steve Langasek (2022-10-07 19:51:28)
> > While we could assume that users have up-to-date microcode on a running
> > system, this issue could manifest when trying to install Ubuntu on a fresh
> > computer *before* the user had a chance to update the microcode.
>
> This doesn't block acceptance of the upload, but microcode updates are
> supposed to be applied to the CPU from early boot by the kernel via the
> initramfs, including in install images; so why is this a concern in
> practice?

My bad, I now realize I was thinking of Debian's installer, which
doesn't ship (or didn't use to?) microcode in the installer, you had to
enable non-free later on. Pardon my brain fart on that one.