Bug 2164357 (CVE-2021-26316)

Summary: CVE-2021-26316 hw: amd: arbitrary code execution in bios due to a fault in communication buffer
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: acaringi, bhu, chwhite, crwood, ddepaula, debarbos, dfreiber, dhoward, dvlasenk, ezulian, fhrbata, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, lleshchi, lzampier, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rogbas, rvrbovsk, scweaver, tyberry, vkumar, walters, williams
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A flaw was found in hw. Failure to validate the BIOS's communication buffer and communication service may allow an attacker to tamper with the buffer, resulting in potential System Management Mode (SMM) arbitrary code execution.
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Description Rohit Keshri 2023-01-25 10:45:07 UTC
Failure to validate the communication buffer and communication service in the BIOS may allow an attacker to tamper with the buffer resulting in potential SMM (System Management Mode) arbitrary code execution.

Comment 1 Rohit Keshri 2023-01-25 10:48:11 UTC
Affected Product:
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AMD Athlon™ Processors
AMD Ryzen™ Processors
AMD Threadripper™ Processors
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Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2023-01-27 20:52:22 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-26316