Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in AMD EPYC 9004 - CVE-2024-36331

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in AMD EPYC 9004 - CVE-2024-36331

Published: November 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU118688
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36331
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass implemented security restrictions. 

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of cache coherency by the CPU. A local user with hypervisor access can overwrite SEV-SNP guest memory, resulting in loss of data integrity.


Affected software

AMD EPYC 9004
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.14 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2024-36331

Install updates from vendor's website.

AMD EPYC 9004 - update to 1.0.0.F
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-36.36, 6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1017.17, 6.14.0-1020.21
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-100.100.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0.1023.24, 6.8.0-1023.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.33, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1017.17, 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-2037.38, 6.8.1-1041.42
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1016.16
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-1018.18, 6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1

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