Security Advisory

CVE-2020-12912

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2020-11-12 19:08:57
Last updated 2024-08-04 12:11:18
Assigner AMD
State PUBLISHED

Description

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.