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CVE-2021-38576

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CVE-2021-38576

Published: Jan 3, 2022

Modified: Nov 3, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

A BIOS bug in firmware for a particular PC model leaves the Platform authorization value empty. This can be used to permanently brick the TPM in multiple ways, as well as to non-permanently DoS the system.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

EDK II

affected
edk2-stable202105, edk2-stable202102, edk2-stable202011, edk2-stable202008, edk2-stable202005, edk2-stable202002, edk2-stable201911, edk2-stable201908, edk2-stable201905, edk2-stable201903, edk2-stable201811, edk2-stable201808

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