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High · 7.8 CVE-2025-20109 EUVD-2025-24431GHSA-3cpg-9r3v-qv5v

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to po…

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by intel

Description

Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization in the stream cache mechanism for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Intel(R) Processors See references —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 intel-microcode 3.20250812.1 —
Debian 13 intel-microcode 3.20250812.1~deb13u1 DSA-6030-1
Debian 12 intel-microcode 3.20250812.1~deb12u1 DSA-6030-1
Debian 11 intel-microcode 3.20250812.1~deb11u1 DLA-4347-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 intel-microcode 3.20250812.0ubuntu0.25.10.1 USN-7866-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS intel-microcode 3.20250812.0ubuntu0.24.04.1 USN-7866-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS intel-microcode 3.20250812.0ubuntu0.22.04.1 USN-7866-1
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS intel-microcode 3.20250812.0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1 USN-7866-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS intel-microcode 3.20250812.0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1 USN-7866-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS intel-microcode 3.20250812.0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 USN-7866-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS intel-microcode No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLES 15 SP6 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLES 15 SP5 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLES 15 SP4 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLES 15 SP3 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
Show 18 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 12 SP5 ucode-intel 20250812-155.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03052-1
SLES 11 SP4 microcode_ctl 1.17-102.83.87.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03116-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE Micro 6.1 ucode-intel 20250812-slfo.1.1_1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20691-1
SLE Micro 6.0 ucode-intel 20250812-1.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20715-1
SLE Micro 5.5 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE Micro 5.4 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE Micro 5.3 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE Micro 5.2 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE Micro 5.1 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed ucode-intel 20250812-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:15491-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 ucode-intel 20250812-150200.59.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03053-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 intel-ucode 20250812-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 intel-ucode 20250812-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 intel-ucode 20250812-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 intel-ucode 20250812-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 intel-ucode 20250812-r0 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 intel-ucode 20250812-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 microcode_ctl 2:2.1-53.amzn2023.0.12 ALAS2023-2025-1189
Amazon Linux 2 microcode_ctl 2:2.1-47.amzn2.4.24 ALAS2-2025-2994

Advisories 12

References