RHSA-2020:5479 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: linux-firmware security and enhancement update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · December 16, 2020
Updated · November 22, 2025
Topic
An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
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):
- hardware: buffer overflow in bluetooth firmware (CVE-2020-12321)
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.
Enhancement(s):
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[Intel 8.3 FEAT] ice: Update to the Default OS DDP Package for ice driver (BZ#1896597)
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[Intel 8.3 FEAT] ice: Pull Comms Market Segment Package into RHEL 8.3 (BZ#1896598)