A 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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-5192 A 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4678-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMD

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:11:18.792Z

Reserved: 2020-05-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-12912

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-12T20:15:15.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:00:32.537

Link: CVE-2020-12912

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-11-12T17:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-12912 - Bugzilla

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