Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package microcode_ctl  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-MICROCODECTL-5490108
  • published1 May 2023
  • disclosed10 May 2022

Introduced: 10 May 2022

CVE-2022-21136  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:7.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream microcode_ctl package and not the microcode_ctl package as distributed by RHEL.

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.