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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2025-21090 EUVD-2025-24426GHSA-x546-m2vh-46gq

Missing reference to active allocated resource for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable d…

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025 · Assigned by intel

Description

Missing reference to active allocated resource for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Intel(R) Xeon(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
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.amzn2023.0.13 ALAS2023-2025-1190
Amazon Linux 2 microcode_ctl 2:2.1-47.amzn2.4.25 ALAS2-2025-2993

Advisories 6

References