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CVE-2020-12912
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2020-11-12 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-749
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.
Affected products
- AMD extension to Linux "hwmon" for Zen1 platforms: all versions
References
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