CVE-2021-46778 (GCVE-0-2021-46778)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-09 20:20 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:36
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Summary
Execution unit scheduler contention may lead to a side channel vulnerability found on AMD CPU microarchitectures codenamed “Zen 1”, “Zen 2” and “Zen 3” that use simultaneous multithreading (SMT). By measuring the contention level on scheduler queues an attacker may potentially leak sensitive information.
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CWE
  • NA
Assigner
AMD
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AMD AMD Processors Affected: Processor Some AMD Processors
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