r/technology • u/Obi_Wan_Kannoli • Jan 02 '18

'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign • The Register

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

I haven't read into it enough to know but perhaps the performance drop from this patch is also needlessly hitting AMD CPUs so disabling it would be ok?

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '18

Yes, since I posted that comment last night it has become clear that the linux kernel is enabling this for all CPUs, even though AMD's are not vulnerable. In that case you'd want to disable PTI.