OESA-2024-2549 linux-firmware security update

This package contains firmware images required by some devices. Security Fixes: IOMMU improperly handles certain special address ranges with invalid device table entries DTEs, which may allow an attacker with privileges and a compromised Hypervisor to induce DTE faults to bypass RMP checks in...

kernel: x86: local privesc due to bad_iret and paranoid entry incompatibility

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS segment register base switching when recovering from a SS stack segment fault on an erroneous return to user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system...