Moderate: linux-firmware security and enhancement update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-20593  

Synopsis

Moderate: linux-firmware security and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

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Topic

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support.

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.

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.

Enhancement(s):

  • [Intel 9.0.z] Intel QAT Update - firmware for QAT (BZ#2168390)

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

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.0 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.0 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.0 s390x

Fixes

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