CVE-2020-12912
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Arch Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Fixed | 5.9.9.arch1-1 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
References
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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