Bug 2263271 (AMD-SN-7009, CVE-2023-20576)

Summary: CVE-2023-20576 hw: amd: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in AGESATM
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Nick Tait <ntait>
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A vulnerability was found in AMD hardware due to insufficient verification of data authenticity in AGESA. This issue may allow a local unauthenticated attacker to update SPI ROM data, potentially resulting in denial of service or privilege escalation.
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Bug Depends On: 2264234    
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Description Nick Tait 2024-02-07 23:45:51 UTC
A flaw found for the AMD CPU. Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in AGESA™ may allow an attacker to update SPI ROM data potentially resulting in denial of service or privilege escalation.

Reference:
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/product-security/bulletin/amd-sb-7009.html

Comment 8 Nick Tait 2024-02-14 17:27:53 UTC
Created linux-firmware tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2264234]