CVE-2021-26318

Side-channels Related to the x86 PREFETCH Instruction

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 13, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Jan 29, 2021

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Description

A timing and power-based side channel attack leveraging the x86 PREFETCH instructions on some AMD CPUs could potentially result in leaked kernel address space information.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

  • CWE-208 Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy

Affected Products

ProductVersions
All supported processorsAMD
  • before undefinedAffected

References

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