CVE-2024-36315: CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure in AMD AMD EPYC™ Series 9004 Processors
Improper enforcement of the LFENCE serialization property may allow an attacker to bypass speculation barriers and potentially disclose sensitive information, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in AMD EPYC™ Series 9004 processors arises from improper enforcement of the LFENCE instruction's serialization property. LFENCE is intended to act as a speculation barrier to prevent speculative execution from bypassing security boundaries. Failure to enforce this properly may allow an attacker with local access and partial privileges to bypass these barriers, potentially leading to disclosure of sensitive information. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.7, reflecting medium severity with a local attack vector, high attack complexity, and partial privileges required. No official remediation or patch has been disclosed by AMD as of the publication date.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and partial privileges could bypass speculation barriers due to improper LFENCE enforcement, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information and loss of confidentiality. There is no indication of impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should follow AMD's security recommendations and limit local access to trusted users. No vendor-provided mitigation or temporary fix is currently documented.
CVE-2024-36315: CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure in AMD AMD EPYC™ Series 9004 Processors
Description
Improper enforcement of the LFENCE serialization property may allow an attacker to bypass speculation barriers and potentially disclose sensitive information, potentially resulting in loss of confidentiality.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in AMD EPYC™ Series 9004 processors arises from improper enforcement of the LFENCE instruction's serialization property. LFENCE is intended to act as a speculation barrier to prevent speculative execution from bypassing security boundaries. Failure to enforce this properly may allow an attacker with local access and partial privileges to bypass these barriers, potentially leading to disclosure of sensitive information. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.7, reflecting medium severity with a local attack vector, high attack complexity, and partial privileges required. No official remediation or patch has been disclosed by AMD as of the publication date.
Potential Impact
An attacker with local access and partial privileges could bypass speculation barriers due to improper LFENCE enforcement, potentially leading to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information and loss of confidentiality. There is no indication of impact on integrity or availability. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should follow AMD's security recommendations and limit local access to trusted users. No vendor-provided mitigation or temporary fix is currently documented.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- AMD
- Date Reserved
- 2024-05-23T19:44:32.297Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a03f1b8cbff5d86104ead9e
Added to database: 5/13/2026, 3:36:24 AM
Last enriched: 5/13/2026, 3:52:04 AM
Last updated: 5/13/2026, 6:00:29 PM
Views: 9
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