PT-2022-2953 · Amd+9 · Amd Cpus+9
Alyssa Milburn
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Published
2022-02-28
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Updated
2023-04-12
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CVE-2021-26401
CVSS v3.1
5.6
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
AMD CPUs (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to the LFENCE/JMP module in AMD CPUs, specifically concerning the branch prediction mechanism. This allows an attacker to access protected memory from a program without the necessary privileges by exploiting indirect branch prediction.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Amd Cpus
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu