MGASA-2023-0244 - Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 26 Jul 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0244.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2023-20593

Under specific microarchitectural circumstances, a register in "Zen 2"
CPUs may not be written to 0 correctly. This may cause data from another
process and/or thread to be stored in the YMM register, which may allow
an attacker to potentially access sensitive information (CVE-2023-20593,
also known as Zenbleed).

This update adds the microcode for Amd Epyc gen 2 cpus. Other Zen 2 based
CPUs will get their microcode update at a later time when Amd has fixed
and validated the microcodes, see the referenced Amd url that has info
about estimated timelines for various CPUs.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32142
- https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7008.html
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-20593

SRPMS:
- 8/nonfree/microcode-0.20230613-2.mga8.nonfree

Mageia 2023-0244: microcode security update

Under specific microarchitectural circumstances, a register in "Zen 2" CPUs may not be written to 0 correctly

Summary

Under specific microarchitectural circumstances, a register in "Zen 2" CPUs may not be written to 0 correctly. This may cause data from another process and/or thread to be stored in the YMM register, which may allow an attacker to potentially access sensitive information (CVE-2023-20593, also known as Zenbleed).
This update adds the microcode for Amd Epyc gen 2 cpus. Other Zen 2 based CPUs will get their microcode update at a later time when Amd has fixed and validated the microcodes, see the referenced Amd url that has info about estimated timelines for various CPUs.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32142

- https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7008.html

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-20593

Resolution

MGASA-2023-0244 - Updated microcode packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/nonfree/microcode-0.20230613-2.mga8.nonfree

Severity
Publication date: 26 Jul 2023
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0244.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-20593

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