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Ubuntu: USN-5886-1 (CVE-2022-38090): Intel Microcode vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N)

Published

Feb 16, 2023

Added

Mar 22, 2023

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

Improper isolation of shared resources in some Intel(R) Processors when using Intel(R) Software Guard Extensions may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-intel-microcodeubuntu-upgrade-intel-microcode

References

CVE-2022-38090
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-38090
CWE-922
EUVD-EUVD-2022-40692
UBUNTU-USN-5886-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-40692

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