Red Hat alert RHSA-2024:7481-01 (linux-firmware)

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
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.

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: hw:amd:IOMMU improperly handles certain special address leading to
a loss of guest integrity (CVE-2023-20584)

* kernel: hw: amd:Incomplete system memory cleanup in SEV firmware corrupt
guest private memory (CVE-2023-31356)

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.

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