Threats affecting pkg:rpm/suse/ucode-intel

This security update for the ucode-intel package addresses multiple medium-severity vulnerabilities in Intel CPU microcode affecting SUSE Linux Enterprise and SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 on x86_64. The issues include potential privilege escalation due to incorrect behavior in transitions between executive monitor and SMI transfer monitor, and improper handling of microcode flow values in some Intel processors. The update includes microcode releases 20260210, 20251111, and 20241029, which fix these vulnerabilities and other functional problems.