Security Advisory
CVE-2021-28690
6.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
x86: TSX Async Abort protections not restored after S3 This issue relates to the TSX Async Abort speculative security vulnerability. Please see https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-305.html for details. Mitigating TAA by disabling TSX (the default and preferred option) requires selecting a non-default setting in MSR_TSX_CTRL. This setting isn't restored after S3 suspend.
Published Date
June 29, 2021
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory