DXE Driver Memory Leaks

Bulletin ID:  AMD-SB-4007
Potential Impact: Data Leakage
Severity: Medium

Summary

Potential memory leak vulnerabilities in AMD Driver Execution Environment (DXE) driver.

CVE Details

Refer to Glossary for explanation of terms

CVE Severity Description
CVE-2023-20594 Medium Improper initialization of variables in the DXE driver may allow a privileged user to leak sensitive information via local access.
CVE-2023-20597 Medium Improper initialization of variables in the DXE driver may allow a privileged user to leak sensitive information via local access.

Mitigation

The AGESA™ firmware versions listed below have been released to the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to mitigate these issues.  Please refer to your OEM for the BIOS update specific to your product..

June 2024 Update:

After additional analysis, AMD believes that the Client AGESA™ firmware versions previously provided did not sufficiently mitigate CVE-2023-20594. This security bulletin has been updated with new Client AGESA™ firmware versions that contain updated mitigations.

AMD has also updated the status of affected products. Refer to the mitigation section below.

Data Center
CVE 1st Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs N/A N/A MilanPI 1.0.0.A
(2022-10-28)
N/A
CVE-2023-20594 Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected
CVE-2023-20597 Not affected Not affected MilanPI 1.0.0.A
(2022-10-28)
Not affected
Embedded Processors
CVE AMD EPYC™ Embedded 3000 AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7002 AMD EPYC™ Embedded 7003 AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9003
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs N/A N/A EmbMilanPI-SP3
1.0.0.6
(2022-12-12)
N/A
CVE-2023-20594 Not affected Not affected Not affected Not affected
CVE-2023-20597 Not affected Not affected EmbMilanPI-SP3
1.0.0.6
(2022-12-12)
Not affected

 

CVE AMD RYZEN™ Embedded R1000 AMD RYZEN™ Embedded R2000 AMD RYZEN™ Embedded 5000 AMD RYZEN™ Embedded 7000
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs Not affected Not affected EmbAM4PI
1.0.0.2
(2022-10-31)
EmbeddedAM5PI
1.0.0.1
(2024-07-31)
CVE-2023-20594 Not affected Not affected Not affected EmbeddedAM5PI
1.0.0.1
(2024-07-31)
CVE-2023-20597 Not affected Not affected EmbAM4PI
1.0.0.2
(2022-10-31)
Not affected

 

CVE AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 AMD RYZEN™ Embedded v2000 AMD RYZEN™ Embedded V3000
All V1000 OPNs excluding YE1500C4T4MFH YE1500C4T4MFH
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs N/A EmbeddedPI-FP6
1.0.0.9
(2024-04-15)
Embedded-PI_FP7r2
1.0.0.B
(2024-10-31)
CVE-2023-20594 Fix not planned EmbeddedPI-FP6
1.0.0.9
(2024-04-15)
Embedded-PI_FP7r2
1.0.0.B
(2024-10-31)
CVE-2023-20597 Not affected EmbeddedPI-FP6
1.0.0.8
(2023-07-31)
EmbeddedPI-FP7r2
1.0.0.4
(2023-04-28)

 

CLIENT
Desktop
CVE AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors (Formerly codenamed) “Matisse” AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop Processors (Formerly codenamed) “Vermeer” AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Desktop processor with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Cezanne” AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors (Formerly codenamed) “Raphael” X3D AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Picasso” AM4
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs ComboAM4PI 1.0.0.9
(2022-07-13) ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.8
(2022-07-29)
ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.8
(2022-07-29)
ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.C
(2024-02-07)
ComboAM5 1.1.7.0
(2024-04-27)
N/A
CVE-2023-20594 Not affected Not affected ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.C
(2024-02-07)
ComboAM5 1.1.7.0
(2024-04-27)
Fix not planned
CVE-2023-20597 ComboAM4PI 1.0.0.9
(2022-07-13) ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.8
(2022-07-29)
ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.8
(2022-07-29)
ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.8
(2022-07-29)
Not affected Not affected

 

CVE AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Desktop Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Renoir” AM4 AMD Ryzen™ 8000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Phoenix” AM5
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.C
(2024-02-07)
ComboAM5 1.1.7.0
(2024-04-27)
CVE-2023-20594 ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.C
(2024-02-07)
ComboAM5 1.1.7.0
(2024-04-27)
CVE-2023-20597 ComboAM4v2PI 1.2.0.8
(2022-07-29)
Not affected
High End Desktop (HEDT)
CVE AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 3000 Series Processors (Formerly codenamed) “Castle Peak” HEDT
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs CastlePeakPI-SP3r3 1.0.0.8
(2022-12-01)
CVE-2023-20594 Not affected
CVE-2023-20597 CastlePeakPI-SP3r3 1.0.0.8
(2022-12-01)
Workstation
CVE AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors (Formerly codenamed) “Castle Peak” WS SP3 AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 3000WX Series Processors (Formerly codenamed) “Chagall” WS
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs CastlePeakWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.A
(2022-11-23) ChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.4
(2022-06-15)
ChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.4
(2022-06-15)
CVE-2023-20594 Not affected Not affected
CVE-2023-20597 CastlePeakWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.A
(2022-11-23) ChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.4
(2022-06-15)
ChagallWSPI-sWRX8 1.0.0.4
(2022-06-15)
MOBILE - AMD Athlon ™ Series Processors
CVE AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Dali”/”Dali” ULP AMD Athlon™ 3000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics(Formerly codenamed)“Pollock”
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs PicassoPI-FP5 1.0.1.1
(2024-03-08)
PollockPI-FT5 1.0.0.8
(Target July 2024)
CVE-2023-20594 PicassoPI-FP5 1.0.1.1
(2024-03-08)
PollockPI-FT5 1.0.0.8
(Target July 2024)
CVE-2023-20597 Not affected Not affected
MOBILE – AMD Ryzen™ Series Processors
CVE AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series Mobile Processor with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Picasso” FP5 AMD Ryzen™ 4000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Renoir” FP6 AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Lucienne” AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Cezanne” AMD Ryzen™ 7020 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Mendocino” FT6
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs PicassoPI-FP5
1.0.1.1
(2024-03-08)
RenoirPI-FP6
1.0.0.D
(2024-02-29)
CezannePI-FP6_1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
CezannePI-P6_1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
MendocinoPI-FT6_1.0.0.7
(2024-07-03)
CVE-2023-20594 PicassoPI-FP5
1.0.1.1
(2024-03-08)
RenoirPI-FP6
1.0.0.D
(2024-02-29)
CezannePI-FP6_1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
CezannePI-P6_1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
MendocinoPI-FT6_1.0.0.7
(2024-07-03)
CVE-2023-20597 Not affected RenoirPI-FP6
1.0.0.9
(2022-06-22)
CezannePI-FP6 1.0.0.B
(2022-06-15)
CezannePI-FP6 1.0.0.B
(2022-06-15)
Not affected

 

CVE AMD Ryzen™ 6000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) "Rembrandt" AMD Ryzen™ 7035 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Rembrandt-R” AMD Ryzen™ 5000 Series Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Barcelo” AMD Ryzen™ 7030 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed)
“Barcelo-R”
AMD Ryzen™ 7040 Series Mobile Processors with Radeon™ Graphics (Formerly codenamed) “Phoenix” FP7/FP7r2/FP8 AMD Ryzen™ 7045 Series Mobile Processors (Formerly codenamed) “Dragon Range”
Minimum firmware versions to mitigate all applicable CVEs RembrandtPI-FP7
1.0.0.B
(2024-06-26)
RembrandtPI-FP7
1.0.0.B
(2024-06-26)
CezannePI-FP6
1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
CezannePI-FP6
1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
PhoenixPI-FP8-FP7
1.1.0.2a
(2024-01-23)
DragonRangeFL1PI
1.0.0.3d
(2024-01-29)
CVE-2023-20594 RembrandtPI-FP7
1.0.0.B
(2024-06-26)
RembrandtPI-FP7
1.0.0.B
(2024-06-26)
CezannePI-FP6
1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
CezannePI-FP6
1.0.1.0
(2024-01-25)
PhoenixPI-FP8-FP7
1.1.0.2a
(2024-01-23)
DragonRangeFL1PI
1.0.0.3d
(2024-01-29)
CVE-2023-20597 RembrandtPI-FP7
1.0.0.6
(2022-09-01)
RembrandtPI-FP7 1.0.0.6
(2022-09-01)
CezannePI-FP6
1.0.0.B
(2022-06-15)
CezannePI-FP6 1.0.0.B
(2022-06-15)
Not affected Not affected


Acknowledgement

AMD thanks the Binarly efiXplorer team for reporting this issue and engaging in coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

Revisions

Revision Date Revision Date
2025-06-23 Updated mitigations for Embedded products
06-11-2024 Updated affected status and mitigation for CVE-2023-20594
Added Embedded processors
09-20-2023 Initial publication

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