CVE-2020-12912
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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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
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12912
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12912.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 5.9.9.arch1-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.9.9-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.