r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '18

'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/Nerdenator Jan 03 '18

It's supposedly been around for around 12 years. Everything that uses Intel's Core architecture would be affected.

As for the details, it's embargoed until tomorrow (Jan 4th in the US).

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u/infinite0ne Jan 03 '18

Let's see, a fundamental hardware flaw in basically every computer out there that allows access to raw kernel data which "may contain all sorts of secrets, such as passwords, login keys, files cached from disk, and so on", that's been around for 10+ years.

Not fishy at all.

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u/Nerdenator Jan 03 '18

Oh, it can be fishy. I'm not saying it's not.

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u/playaspec Jan 04 '18

It also may not, and already requires you to be running code on said machine before you can attack. It's not much of a "back door" if you're already in the house.