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CVE-2022-21127

Incomplete Cleanup

Published: Jun 15, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.6 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21127
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/459.html

Incomplete cleanup in specific special register read operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Weakness

The product does not properly “clean up” and remove temporary or supporting resources after they have been used.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xen Xen * *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu bionic *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu devel *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu focal *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu impish *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu jammy *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu kinetic *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Intel-microcode Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References

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