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CVE-2021-28690 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-377.txt CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-30 [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-377.txt [email protected]PatchVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
xen xen
>= 4.12, <= 4.15.0
4.15.0 rc1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.15.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-28690
NVD Published Date:
Jun 29, 2021
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2021-28690 Details - Not Deferred