Bug 2477784 (CVE-2025-54518) - CVE-2025-54518 kernel: xen: AMD Zen 2 Processors: Privilege escalation via improper CPU cache isolation
Summary: CVE-2025-54518 kernel: xen: AMD Zen 2 Processors: Privilege escalation via im...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-54518
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-15 05:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-06 03:30 UTC (History)
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:50978 0 None None None 2026-08-06 03:30:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:50979 0 None None None 2026-08-06 03:08:29 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-15 05:01:50 UTC 
Improper isolation of shared resources within the CPU operation cache on Zen 2-based products could allow an attacker to corrupt instructions executed at a different privilege level, potentially resulting in privilege escalation.
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-06 03:08:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:50979 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50979
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-06 03:30:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:50978 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:50978
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