RHSA-2024:3939 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: linux-firmware security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

Products

Official CSAF product identity

Published · June 17, 2024

Updated · August 7, 2026

Topic

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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: intel: Protection mechanism failure for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi (CVE-2022-46329)
hw: intel: Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi (CVE-2022-27635)
hw: intel: Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi (CVE-2022-40964)
hw: intel: Improper input validation in some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi (CVE-2022-36351)
hw: intel: Improper input validation in some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi (CVE-2022-38076)

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.