CVE-2020-12912

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-12912
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-12 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-12-03 02:12:00 UTC
DescriptionA potential vulnerability in the AMD extension to Linux "hwmon" service may allow an attacker to use the Linux-based Running Average Power Limit (RAPL) interface to show various side channel attacks. In line with industry partners, AMD has updated the RAPL interface to require privileged access.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amd Energy Driver For Linux All All All All
Application Amd Energy Driver For Linux All All All All

References

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AMD Product Security | AMD MISC www.amd.com Vendor Advisory
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 755513 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for docker, rootlesskit (SUSE-SU-2023:4936-1)
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