CVE-2025-35998

Public on 2026-02-10
Modified on 2026-02-18
Description
Missing protection mechanism for alternate hardware interface in the Intel(R) Quick Assist Technology for some Intel(R) Platforms within Ring 0: Kernel may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable escalation of privilege. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present with special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core microcode_ctl Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 microcode_ctl Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N