Updated nonfree firmwares fixees various issues, adds new / improved
hardware support and fixes atleast the following security issue:
An issue was discovered on Broadcom Wi-Fi client devices. Specifically
timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors (related to
state transitions) in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2
Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information
disclosure over the air for a discrete set of traffic (CVE-2019-15126).
Full list of updates:
* kernel-firmware-nonfree:
- add firmware for Lontium LT9611UXC DSI to HDMI bridge
- brcm: Add NVRAM for Vamrs 96boards Rock960
- brcm: make AP6212 in bananpi m2 plus/zero work
- brcm: Link RPi4's WiFi firmware with DMI machine name
- brcm: Update Raspberry Pi 3B+/4B NVRAM for downstream changes
- brcm: remove old brcm firmwares that have newer cypress variants
(CVE-2019-15126)
- cypress: Link the new cypress firmware to the old brcm files
(CVE-2019-15126)
- i915: Add GuC f...
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28500
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15126
- 8/nonfree/kernel-firmware-nonfree-20210223-1.mga8.nonfree
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