Do not extract intel-ucode-with-caveats into the same directory as it needs special handling. Index: microcode_ctl-2.1-18/Makefile =================================================================== --- microcode_ctl-2.1-18.orig/Makefile 2018-07-09 08:55:53.000000000 +0200 +++ microcode_ctl-2.1-18/Makefile 2018-07-20 17:52:34.767187807 +0200 @@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ MICDIRINTEL = $(MICDIR)/intel-ucode all: - tar xf $(MICROCODE_INTEL) ./intel-ucode/* ./intel-ucode-with-caveats/* \ - --one-top-level=intel-ucode --strip-components=2 --backup=simple + tar -xf $(MICROCODE_INTEL) ./intel-ucode clean: rm -rf intel-ucode