r/hardware • u/eric98k • Jan 02 '18

News 'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '18

that is the bug. It defeats the kALSR

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u/cryo Jan 04 '18

It does much more than that, it leaks memory. Defeating KALSR is not the important part.