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Unscored USN-4627-1 1 CVE

linux, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gke-4.15, linux-gke-5.3, linux-hwe, linux-hwe-5.4, linux-oem, linux-oem-osp1, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4 vulnerability

Published Nov 11, 2020 · Updated Jun 3, 2026

Summary

Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Andreas Kogler, David Oswald, Catherine
Easdon, Claudio Canella, and Daniel Gruss discovered that the Intel Running
Average Power Limit (RAPL) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly
restrict access to power data. A local attacker could possibly use this to
expose sensitive information.

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS linux 4.4.0-194.226
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1087.100~16.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-123.126~16.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1058.64~16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux 4.15.0-123.126
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1087.100
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1029.31~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15 4.15.0-1073.78
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.3 5.3.0-1039.42
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-hwe 5.3.0-69.65
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-53.59~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-oem 4.15.0-1101.112
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1 5.0.0-1071.77
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1058.64
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1029.31~18.04.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux 5.4.0-53.59
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1029.31
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1029.31
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS linux 3.13.0-183.234
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-194.226~14.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8694