CVE-2024-48869

Public on 2025-05-13

Modified on 2026-01-15

Description

Improper restriction of software interfaces to hardware features for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processor with E-cores when using Intel(R) Trust Domain Extensions (Intel(R) TDX) or Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions (Intel(R) SGX) may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

6.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Status
Amazon Linux 1	microcode_ctl	No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	microcode_ctl	Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023	microcode_ctl	Not Affected

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2024-48869 Mitre: CVE-2024-48869