Intel Security Issue Update: Addressing Reboot Issues
This is -- to say the least -- frustrating.  First, the busted  microcode is still available on the Intel Download Center[1], without any warning that they recommend that you not, in fact, install it. Second, the press release is still being evasive: they have not merely "received reports"; they in fact know that it's causing issues, and the press release is avoiding the much stronger language that Intel is giving privately (namely, don't install this).<p>The broken microcode is (at some level, anyway) forgivable; Intel's ongoing inability to communicate transparently and honestly with its customers during this crisis of its creation is much less so.<p>[1] <a href="https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27431/Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-File?product=52214" rel="nofollow">https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27431/Linux-Proces...</a>