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.
problem types: CWE-749: Exposed Dangerous Method or Function
affected:
{
product: AMD extension to Linux "hwmon" for Zen1 platforms
vendor: n/a
versions:
status: affected, version: Each Linux distro determines its own version.
}