Linux 6.8 x86/urgent Update Beefs Up Protection Against Side Channel CPU Bugs

Sent in this morning via the 'x86/urgent' pull request ahead of the Linux 6.8-rc6 kernel later today is a set of patches from Intel to ensure clearing of CPU buffers using the VERW instruction happens at the latest possible point in the return-to-userspace code path

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