Issued:
2020-12-15
Updated:
2020-12-15

RHSA-2020:5416 - Important: linux-firmware security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Important: linux-firmware security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Important

Topic

An update for linux-firmware is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended 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):

  • 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.

Bug Fix(es):

  • Remove buggy ucode patch from microcode_amd_fam17h.bin (BZ#1872773)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support8.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support8.2ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support8.2s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support8.2aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions8.2ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS8.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS8.2x86_64

Updated Packages

  • iwl4965-firmware-228.61.2.24-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • libertas-sd8787-firmware-20191202-99.gite8a0f4c9.el8_2.noarch.rpm
  • iwl105-firmware-18.168.6.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl6000-firmware-9.221.4.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl5000-firmware-8.83.5.1_1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl5150-firmware-8.24.2.2-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • libertas-usb8388-olpc-firmware-20191202-99.gite8a0f4c9.el8_2.noarch.rpm
  • iwl6000g2a-firmware-18.168.6.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl1000-firmware-39.31.5.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl3945-firmware-15.32.2.9-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl3160-firmware-25.30.13.0-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl135-firmware-18.168.6.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl2000-firmware-18.168.6.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • libertas-sd8686-firmware-20191202-99.gite8a0f4c9.el8_2.noarch.rpm
  • iwl7260-firmware-25.30.13.0-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl6050-firmware-41.28.5.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl100-firmware-39.31.5.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • libertas-usb8388-firmware-20191202-99.gite8a0f4c9.el8_2.noarch.rpm
  • linux-firmware-20191202-99.gite8a0f4c9.el8_2.noarch.rpm
  • iwl2030-firmware-18.168.6.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • iwl6000g2b-firmware-18.168.6.1-99.el8_2.1.noarch.rpm
  • linux-firmware-20191202-99.gite8a0f4c9.el8_2.src.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

Additional information