CVE-2024-23984

Publication date 16 September 2024

Last updated 8 December 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Observable discrepancy in RAPL interface for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that some Intel(R) Processors did not properly restrict access to the Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) interface. This may allow a local privileged attacker to obtain sensitive information.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
intel-microcode 24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.24.04.1
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.22.04.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.20240910.0ubuntu0.20.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [trusty doesn't support late loading of microcode]

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Notes

alexmurray

Initial updates were released upstream by Intel in the 20240910 release. Additional updates were released in the 20241112 release.