CVE-2023-20592 Affecting iwl4965-firmware package, versions <0:228.61.2.24-121.el8.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.02% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-IWL4965FIRMWARE-10067975
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed14 Nov 2023

Introduced: 14 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-20592  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 iwl4965-firmware to version 0:228.61.2.24-121.el8.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:3178.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream iwl4965-firmware package and not the iwl4965-firmware package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Improper or unexpected behavior of the INVD instruction in some AMD CPUs may allow an attacker with a malicious hypervisor to affect cache line write-back behavior of the CPU leading to a potential loss of guest virtual machine (VM) memory integrity.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1