Linux kernel Heap Buffer Overflow DoS

The vulnerability of the raplcomputetimewindowcore function in the drivers/powercap/intelraplcommon.c file of the Linux kernel is related to the lack of checking for the returned value. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to access protected information or cause service failures...

GHSA-JQ35-85CJ-FJ4P /sys/devices/virtual/powercap accessible by default to containers

Intel's RAPL Running Average Power Limit feature, introduced by the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture, provides software insights into hardware energy consumption. To facilitate this, Intel introduced the powercap framework in Linux kernel 3.13, which reads values via relevant MSRs model specific...