INFSA-2024:4262: linux-firmware security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:4262

Type: security

Release date: 2024-08-23 19:14:50 UTC

Information about package

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

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2023-31346

    A flaw was found in some AMD CPUs where the guest message responses have not been zero-initialized. This issue may allow a local attacker with the ability to run arbitrary code on a container or virtual machine to discover sensitive information contained in the host system's memory.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 4.4 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

Updated packages