CVE-2020-12912

5.5 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.5) in amd energy driver for linux. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 40% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-203, CWE-749
Published: 2020-11-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

amd:energy_driver_for_linux

References

https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/product-security

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