| Name | CVE-2024-28956 |
| Description | Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-4170-1, DSA-5924-1, DSA-5925-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1105172, 1105193 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| intel-microcode (PTS) | bullseye/non-free | 3.20240813.1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye/non-free (security) | 3.20250512.1~deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware | 3.20250211.1~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm/non-free-firmware (security) | 3.20250512.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie/non-free-firmware, sid/non-free-firmware | 3.20250512.1 | fixed |
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.1.137-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.140-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.12.27-1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 6.12.30-1 | fixed |
| xen (PTS) | bullseye | 4.14.6-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 4.14.5+94-ge49571868d-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bullseye] - xen <end-of-life> (EOLed in Bullseye)
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-469.html
https://www.vusec.net/projects/training-solo/
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/indirect-target-selection.html
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01153.html
https://github.com/intel/Intel-Linux-Processor-Microcode-Data-Files/releases/tag/microcode-20250512