Researcher detects severe vulnerability on Intel CPUs that could compromise sensitive information
Both mainstream and server-class processors from Intel are on the list of affected chips.
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Both mainstream and server-class processors from Intel are on the list of affected chips.
With the Intel Downfall vulnerability made public last week (also known as GDS - 'Gather Data Sampling') there can be a sizable hit to AVX workloads making use of the GATHER instructions
Following the new Linux stable kernels this week to quickly mitigate the Intel Downfall and AMD Inception vulnerabilities, today brings another set of stable point releases
There is a serious security flaw in billions of Intel CPUs that can let attackers can steal confidential data like passwords and encryption keys. Firmware updates can fix it, but at a potential significant performance loss.
As soon as the AMD Inception CPU vulnerability was made public yesterday, the Linux kernel mitigation patches were merged and within hours appeared in six new stable point releases for the kernel along with the Intel Downfall mitigation patches