RHSA-2023:5068MediumCVSS 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: linux-firmware security update

Published
September 12, 2023
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

📋 Description

CVE-2023-20592 — hw: amd: INVD instruction may lead to a loss of SEV-ES guest machine memory integrity problem CVE-2023-20593 — hw: amd: Cross-Process Information Leak

🎯 Affected products19

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl100-firmware-0:39.31.5.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl1000-firmware-1:39.31.5.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl105-firmware-0:18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl135-firmware-0:18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl2000-firmware-0:18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl2030-firmware-0:18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl3160-firmware-1:25.30.13.0-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl5000-firmware-0:8.83.5.1_1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl5150-firmware-0:8.24.2.2-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl6000g2a-firmware-0:18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl6000g2b-firmware-0:18.168.6.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl6050-firmware-0:41.28.5.1-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • iwl7260-firmware-1:25.30.13.0-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • libertas-sd8787-firmware-0:20230310-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • linux-firmware-0:20230310-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • linux-firmware-0:20230310-135.el9_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • linux-firmware-whence-0:20230310-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • netronome-firmware-0:20230310-135.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

🔗 References (4)