Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-12912 - Information Exposure Through Discrepancy vulnerability in AMD Energy Driver for Linux
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |