AMD is warning about a high-severity CPU vulnerability named SinkClose that impacts multiple generations of its EPYC, Ryzen, and Threadripper processors. The vulnerability allows attackers with Kernel-level (Ring 0) privileges to gain Ring -2 privileges and install malware that becomes nearly undetectable.

Tracked as CVE-2023-31315 and rated of high severity (CVSS score: 7.5), the flaw was discovered by IOActive Enrique Nissim and Krzysztof Okupski, who named privilege elevation attack ‘Sinkclose.’

Full details about the attack will be presented by the researchers at tomorrow in a DefCon talk titled “AMD Sinkclose: Universal Ring-2 Privilege Escalation.”

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    3 months ago

    That is indeed weird. I don’t see a mention of summit and pinnacle ridge either, even though rome, castle peak and renoir are covered. Since this is fix is an AGESA upgrade, I’m inclined to believe it’ll cover zen 2 on any platform.

    I’ll reach out for clarification. I have a Matisse X production system running and there’s no way I’m leaving this be.