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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-28690

x86: TSX Async Abort protections not restored after S3 This issue relates to the TSX Async Abort speculative security vulnerability.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.02%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.02%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

x86: TSX Async Abort protections not restored after S3 This issue relates to the TSX Async Abort speculative security vulnerability. Please see https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-305.html for details. Mitigating TAA by disabling TSX (the default and preferred option) requires selecting a non-default setting in MSR_TSX_CTRL. This setting isn't restored after S3 suspend.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.02% probability · 61th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
xen/xen
Source
security@xen.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.