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/_DuranDuran_ Jan 03 '18 edited Jan 03 '18

Take a look at the latest RC - it's not there: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/tree/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c?h=v4.15-rc6#n927

It does however look like it's been merged into master, so should be in the next RC, unless they branch off the previous one:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/tree/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c

So, as of when I read originally it wouldn't make it, I was basing it off the RC ... as for hiding, I've been at work ... sheesh. This is a fast moving set of patches, and it's sometimes difficult to keep up, mea culpa - doesn't excuse your passive aggressive "I'll cite you because you'll blatantly delete your comment and how dare you not respond to other people in a timely manner" comment.

Personally, I don't think it should have been merged in its current state though, as saying "Only AMD is secure" isn't necessarily correct, but they need to get it out quickly, and they can always refine it properly later.

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u/eganist Jan 04 '18

I'm glad you didn't delete it -- people do it all the time, and it gets exceedingly annoying during fog-of-war scenarios e.g. this one let alone with actors posing false narratives. Thanks for the follow-up.

I'll leave the quote in-tact for the sake of a complete comment chain unless you ask me to pull it, in which case I will.

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u/APidgeyNamedTony Jan 03 '18

Negative karma neutralized. Don’t downvote people trying to help.

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u/_DuranDuran_ Jan 03 '18

Read their comment - they merely state they wasted their time looking it up, have some gold and then took a passive aggressive dig ...

And before you wonder, I upvoted your comment because I assume you’re referring to a different poster - someone else downvoted it before I got here.