Speculative Race Conditions (SRCs)

Bulletin ID: AMD-SB-7016 **Potential Impact:**Speculative Race Condition Severity: Varies by CVE, see descriptions below

Summary

Researchers from IBM Research Europe and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have published a paper titled “GhostRace: Exploiting and Mitigating Speculative Race Conditions.” AMD recommends following previously published guidance regarding Spectre type attacks:

<https://www.amd.com/content/dam/amd/en/documents/epyc-technical-docs/tuning-guides/software-techniques-for-managing-speculation.pdf&gt;

AMD believes the previous guidance remains applicable to mitigate this vulnerability.

CVE-2024-2193 has been assigned by CERT/CC.