For CPUs affected to ITS (Indirect Target Selection), to fully mitigate
the vulnerability it is also necessary to update the Linux kernel
packages released in a separate, forthcoming DSA.
For details on the Indirect Target Selection (ITS) vulnerability please
refer to https://www.vusec.net/projects/training-solo/ and
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/advisory-guidance/indirect-target-selection.html .
For details on the Branch Privilege Injection vulnerability please refer
to https://comsec.ethz.ch/research/microarch/branch-privilege-injection/
For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in
version 3.20250512.1~deb12u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your intel-microcode packages.
For the detailed security status of intel-microcode please refer to its
security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/intel-microcode
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