CVE-2020-12912

2020-11-1219:08:57

CWE-749

AMD

www.cve.org

AI Score

5.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

12.6%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "AMD extension to Linux \"hwmon\" for Zen1 platforms",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Each Linux distro determines its own version."
      }
    ]
  }
]