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Unscored USN-4678-1 2 CVEs

linux, linux-hwe-5.8, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-raspi vulnerabilities

Published Jan 6, 2021 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the AMD 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.
(CVE-2020-12912)

Jann Horn discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did
not properly perform reference counting in some situations. A local
attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly
escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-29534)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS linux-hwe-5.8 5.8.0-34.37~20.04.2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12912
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-29534