2021.2 IPU - Intel® Processor Shared Resource Advisory

Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in some Intel® Processors may allow information disclosure.** **Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2021-0145

Description: Improper initialization of shared resources in some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N****

Affected Products:

A list of impacted products can be found here.

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of affected Intel® Processors update to the latest version firmware provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

Intel has released microcode updates for the affected Intel® Processors that are currently supported on the public github repository. Please see details below on access to the microcode:

Public Github: <https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files&gt;

Acknowledgements:

The issue was found internally by Intel employees. Intel would like to thank Joseph Nuzman for reporting the issue.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.