UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36331

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36331

    Published: 6 Sept 2025Last Modified: 6 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2024-36331
    Aliases:
    USN-7879-1
    USN-7879-2
    USN-7879-3

    Summary:

    Details: Improper initialization of CPU cache memory could allow a privileged attacker with hypervisor access to overwrite SEV-SNP guest memory resulting in loss of data integrity.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-36331, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36331, https://git.kernel.org/linus/7b306dfa326f70114312b320d083b21fa9481e1e, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7880-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7879-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7934-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-5, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8052-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-7, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-8, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8052-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8074-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8074-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8126-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-hwe-edge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.8.0-28.30~16.04.1
    4.8.0-30.32~16.04.1
    4.8.0-32.34~16.04.1
    4.8.0-34.36~16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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