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ALPINE-CVE-2021-28690

ALPINE-CVE-2021-28690 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

x86: TSX Async Abort protections not restored after S3 This issue relates to the TSX Async Abort speculative security vulnerability. Please see https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-305.html for details. Mitigating TAA by disabling TSX (the default and preferred option) requires selecting a non-default setting in MSR_TSX_CTRL. This setting isn't restored after S3 suspend.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.13xen4.11.1-r0, 0, 4.0.1-r0
Alpine:v3.24xen4.12
Alpine:v3.16xen4.4.1-r7, 4.4.1-r6, 4.4.1-r5
Alpine:v3.20xen4.2.1-r9, 0, 4.0.1-r2
Alpine:v3.18xen4.3.0-r8, 4.3.1-r1, 0
Alpine:v3.12xen4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2, 4.9.1-r1
Alpine:v3.14xen0, 4.12, 4.9.1-r3
Alpine:v3.23xen4.3.0-r8, 4.3.1-r0, 4.3.1-r1
Alpine:v3.21xen4.3.0-r7, 4.3.1-r0, 4.3.1-r1
Alpine:v3.19xen0, 4.0.1-r0, 4.0.1-r1
Alpine:v3.11xen4.9.0-r3, 4.12, 4.9.1-r3
Alpine:v3.17xen4.13.1-r0, 4.13.0-r4, 4.13.0-r3
Alpine:v3.22xen4.11.1-r1, 4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2
Alpine:v3.15xen4.12, 4.9.1-r3, 4.9.1-r2

Timeline

  • Jun 29, 2021 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jul 8, 2026 CVE Updated
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