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Medium ALSA-2024:9401 7 CVEs

Moderate: microcode_ctl security update

Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

The microcode_ctl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: local privilege escalation on Intel microcode on Intel(R) Xeon(R) (CVE-2023-22655)
* kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Atom(R) processors (CVE-2023-28746)
* kernel: Local information disclosure in some Intel(R) processors (CVE-2023-38575)
* kernel: Possible Denial of Service on Intel(R) Processors (CVE-2023-39368)
* kernel: Local information disclosure on Intel(R) Xeon(R) D processors with Intel(R) SGX due to incorrect calculation in microcode (CVE-2023-43490)
* intel-microcode: Race conditions in some Intel(R) Processors (CVE-2023-45733)
* intel-microcode: Unexpected behavior in Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra Processors (CVE-2023-46103)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 microcode_ctl 4:20240910-1.el9_5

Vulnerabilities 7

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-22655
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28746
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38575
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39368
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-43490
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-45733
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46103
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270698
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270700
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270701
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270703
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2270704
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2292296
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2292300
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-9401.html