More Spectre-style chip flaws discovered in Intel processors

["DAVID FARBER" <dfarber () me com>]

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> From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com>
> Date: May 6, 2018 at 1:17:07 AM EDT
> To: E-mail Pamphleteer Dave Farber's Interesting People list <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: More Spectre-style chip flaws discovered in Intel processors
>
> More waves of patches to plug security holes in processors are on the way, after the discovery that Intel is working 
> to patch more Spectre-style issues in its chips, with eight new vulnerabilities said to be found by security 
> researchers following the Spectre and Meltdown fiasco from earlier this year.
>
> Multiple research teams found the eight new security flaws in Intel's CPUs, reports german publication c't. It is 
> claimed the discoveries are all caused by the same design-related issue, with each equipped with their own listing in 
> the Common Vulnerability Enumerator (CVE) directory, and requiring their own patches. 
>
> As is typical for vulnerabilities, the researchers disclosed the issues to Intel, giving the chip producer time to 
> create a patch before a public disclosure can occur. Google Project Zero, the search company's own research team, is 
> said to be quite strict about its 90-day disclosure deadline, meaning the first official disclosure of one of the 
> flaws could happen as soon as May 7. 
>
> According to the report, Intel is planning two waves of patches to fix the problems, with the first set to start in 
> May while a second is scheduled for sometime in August. It is also believed Microsoft is preparing its own patches, 
> offered as optional Windows updates, while Linux kernel developers working on their own mitigation measures...
>
> http://appleinsider.com/articles/18/05/04/more-spectre-style-chip-flaws-discovered-in-intel-processors
>
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