Intel hardware bug

[Oliver Pinter]

On Thursday, January 4, 2018, Joey Kelly <joey at joeykelly.net> wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 03, 2018 02:59:35 PM Eric van Gyzen wrote:
>
> >
> > Wait until Tuesday before you explode.  Intel are now saying that it's
> > not a "bug" in Intel CPUs.
> >
> > https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-
> security-research-findings
> > /
>
> Bogus tripe. They're spreading FUD.


Nope. See this part of announcement :

"Intel believes these exploits do not have the potential to corrupt, modify
or delete data.ntel believes these exploits do not have the potential to
corrupt, modify or delete data."

There are no statement about _reading_ kernel or other memory, only about
compromising. ;)

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