Important: linux-firmware security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-46329  

Synopsis

Important: linux-firmware security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. 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: intel: Protection mechanism failure for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi (CVE-2022-46329)

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.

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 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2238961 - CVE-2022-46329 hw: intel: Protection mechanism failure for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi