INFSA-2025:10991: microcode_ctl security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2025:10991

Type: security

Release date: 2025-07-17 21:56:10 UTC

Information about package

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

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2024-28956

    New Spectre-v2 attack classes have been discovered within CPU architectures that enable self-training exploitation of speculative execution within the same privilege domain. These novel techniques bypass existing hardware and software mitigations, including IBPB, eIBRS, and BHI_NO, by leveraging in-kernel gadgets (potentially accessible via SECCOMP/cBPF), Branch Target Buffer (BTB) aliasing, and direct-to-indirect branch predictor training. While the root cause lies in CPU architectural behavior, the vulnerability manifests through kernel-level speculation paths, allowing attackers to potentially leak sensitive memory.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 5.6 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

Updated packages