CVE-2020-12912

MEDIUM

AMD hwmon - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0084
EPSS Percentile 74.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-749 CWE-203
Status published
Products (1)
amd/energy_driver_for_linux
Published Nov 12, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026