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RLSA-2026:68011

Vulnerability from osv_rocky

Published

2026-09-17 06:07

Modified

2026-09-17 06:13

Summary

Important: microcode_ctl security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Details

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

Security Fix(es):

kernel: hypervisor: Intel Processors: Privilege escalation in Ring 0 via improper value handling (CVE-2025-35973)
kernel: microcode_ctl: Intel Xeon 6 Processors: Privilege escalation via improper memory range handling in SMM (CVE-2025-31936)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

[Rocky Linux 9.8.z] Update Intel CPU microcode to the latest version (JIRA:Rocky Linux-260496)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Credits

Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation

Red Hat

References

URL

Type

	https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:68011	ADVISORY
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514104	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2514115	REPORT
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:68011	ADVISORY

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        "ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:9",
        "name": "microcode_ctl",
        "purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/microcode_ctl?distro=rocky-linux-9-aarch64\u0026epoch=4"
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  "id": "RLSA-2026:68011",
  "modified": "2026-09-17T06:13:42.172003Z",
  "published": "2026-09-17T06:07:16.237406Z",
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CVE-2025-31936 (GCVE-0-2025-31936)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 16:28 – Updated: 2026-08-12 14:46

Summary

Improper handling of overlap between protected memory ranges for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processors when using Intel(R) TDX within SMM may allow an escalation of privilege. SMM adversary with a privileged user combined with a high 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

7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-12 04:00 UTC

CWE

Escalation of Privilege
CWE-1260 - Improper Handling of Overlap Between Protected Memory Ranges

Assigner

intel mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-cent…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Intel(R) Xeon(R) 6 processors when using Intel(R) TDX	Affected: See references

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CVE-2025-35973 (GCVE-0-2025-35973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 16:28 – Updated: 2026-08-12 18:47

Summary

Improper handling of values for some Intel(R) Processors within Ring 0: Kernel, Hypervisor and Bare Metal OS may allow an escalation of privilege. Authorized adversary with a privileged user combined with a high 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 require no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (high) and availability (none) impacts.

Severity

4.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-12 18:46 UTC

CWE

Escalation of Privilege
CWE-229 - Improper Handling of Values

Assigner

intel mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-cent…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
n/a	Intel(R) Processors	Affected: See references

Show details on NVD website

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RLSA-2026:68011

Vulnerability from osv_rocky

CVE-2025-31936 (GCVE-0-2025-31936)

CVE-2025-35973 (GCVE-0-2025-35973)

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