CVE-2020-8694 RAPL power meter, Linux intel_powercap

[Len Brown <lenb () kernel org>]

FYI,

Today Linux was patched:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=949dd0104c496fa7c14991a23c03c62e44637e71

to help address the vulnerability of employing the hardware RAPL power
meter in a side-channel attack.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00389.html

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center