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A linux-firmware security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.



[RHSA-2023:5245-01] Moderate: linux-firmware security update


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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Moderate: linux-firmware security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5245-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5245
Issue date: 2023-09-19
CVE Names: CVE-2023-20593
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1. Summary:

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - noarch

3. Description:

The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are
required by various devices to operate.

Security Fix(es):

* hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak (CVE-2023-20593)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2217845 - CVE-2023-20593 hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
linux-firmware-20230404-117.git2e92a49f.el8_8.src.rpm

noarch:
iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl3160-firmware-25.30.13.0-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2a-firmware-18.168.6.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl6000g2b-firmware-18.168.6.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-117.el8_8.1.noarch.rpm
libertas-sd8686-firmware-20230404-117.git2e92a49f.el8_8.noarch.rpm
libertas-sd8787-firmware-20230404-117.git2e92a49f.el8_8.noarch.rpm
libertas-usb8388-firmware-20230404-117.git2e92a49f.el8_8.noarch.rpm
libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware-20230404-117.git2e92a49f.el8_8.noarch.rpm
linux-firmware-20230404-117.git2e92a49f.el8_8.noarch.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-20593
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is [secalert@redhat.com]. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2023 Red Hat, Inc.

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