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RHSA-2023:7244 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: linux-firmware security update

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · November 16, 2023

Updated · August 7, 2026

Topic

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 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.

Description

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)

  • 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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2023:7244 — Red Hat Security Advisory: linux-firmware security update | PulseLinux