RHSA-2023:7109 — Security Advisory

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 Moderate. 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.

The linux-firmware packages contain all of the firmware files that are required by various devices to operate.

Security Fix(es):

• hw amd: Return Address Predictor vulnerability leading to information disclosure (CVE-2023-20569)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.