The VMWare KB52345 article at: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52345
Includes an _incomplete_ list of signatures for the microcode updates that are problematic in release 20180108: Processor name (non-exhaustive) signature stepping name Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3, Intel i3-4300, Intel i5-4500-TE, Intel i7-4700-EQ: 0x000306C3 C0 Intel Xeon E5-1600-v3, Intel Xeon E5-2400-v3, Intel Xeon E5-2600-v3, Intel Xeon E5-4600-v3: 0x000306F2 C0/C1, M0/M1, R1/R2 Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v3: 0x000306F4 E0 Intel Xeon E3-1200-v4: 0x00040671 G0 ntel Xeon E5-1600-v4, Intel Xeon E5-2600-v4, Intel Xeon E5-4600-v4: 0x000406F1 B0/M0/R0 Intel Xeon E7-8800/4800-v4: 0x000406F1 B0/M0/R0 Intel Xeon D-1500: 0x00050663 V2 This list is only relevant for server processors. Desktop/mobile processors were not included, and we cannot assume anything about updates for such processors that were deployed in release 20180108. -- Henrique Holschuh
