Published: 12/11/2020 Updated: 21/11/2024

A potential vulnerability in the AMD extension to Linux "hwmon" service may allow an malicious user 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.

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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 ...

SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-20 Kernel driver amd_energy Supported chips: AMD Family 17h Processors: Model 30h AMD Family 19h Processors: Model 01h and 30h AMD Family 19h Processors: Model 01h and 10h Prefix: 'amd_energy' Addresses used: RAPL MSRs Datasheets: Processor Programming Reference (PPR) for AMD Family 17h Model 01h, Revision B1 Processors https:

CWE-749 CWE-203 https://nvd.nist.gov https://github.com/amd/amd_energy https://www.first.org/epss https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-12912 https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security

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