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Red Hat 9 RHSA-2023:5068-01 Moderate: linux-firmware Cross-Process Leak

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Calendar Grey September 12, 2023
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch released for Ubuntu Server 22.04 correcting privilege escalation vulnerabilities in kernel-module.
An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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

Summary

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate red hat enterprise linux linux-firmware cross-process leak

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9):
Source: linux-firmware-20230310-135.el9_2.src.rpm
noarch: iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl3160-firmware-25.30.13.0-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl6000g2a-firmware-18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl6000g2b-firmware-18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm libertas-sd8787-firmware-20230310-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm linux-firmware-20230310-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm linux-firmware-whence-20230310-135.el9_2.noarch.rpm netronome-firmware-20230310-135.el9_2.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/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:5068-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5068
Issue date: 2023-09-12

Topic

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate red hat enterprise linux linux-firmware cross-process leak

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

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

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