There is a serious security flaw in billions of Intel CPUs that can let attackers steal confidential data like passwords and encryption keys. Firmware updates can fix it, but at a potential significant performance loss.

Oh no.

  • @gressen@lemm.eeEnglish
    33•2 years ago

    It allows memory access across virtual machines as well, meaning the all cloud VMs are vulnerable.

    • FaceDeer
      3•2 years ago

      The machines that are running cloud VMs should obviously be patched. I wasn’t talking about those.