Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-5982-03

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: linux-firmware security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2024:5982-03
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5982
Issue date: 2024-08-29
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2023-31315
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Summary:

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced 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: amd: SMM Lock Bypass (AMD-SB-7014,CVE-2023-31315)

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:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

CVEs:

CVE-2023-31315

References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2279283