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CVE-2021-28690
CVE-2021-28690
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 0.36% · 58.3th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.36%
58.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | xen | 0, 4.5.1-0ubuntu1, 4.5.1-0ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | xen | 4.9.0-0ubuntu3, 4.9.2-0ubuntu1, 4.9.0-0ubuntu4 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | xen | 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1, 0, 4.20.0-1ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | xen | *, 4.9.2-0ubuntu2, 4.9.2-0ubuntu6 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | xen | 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1ubuntu2, 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1ubuntu1, 4.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | xen | 0, 4.11.4+24-gddaaccbbab-1ubuntu2, 4.16.0-1~ubuntu2 |
Timeline
- Jun 10, 2021 CVE Published
- Jun 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jun 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 25, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-28690 third-party-advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-377.html third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-28690 third-party-advisory