Intel Security Flaw

[#1]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5232037/Security-flaw-Intel-chips-past-decade.html

[#2]

i think its all Intel chips   MS are sending a update to fix it soon

[#3]

Are you sure, @rongtw? A quick read of the DM article say X86, so maybe X64 systems aren't affected?

[#4]

---

@rongtw wrote:

i think its all Intel chips  

x86_64 only I believe.

MS are sending a update to fix it soon

---

That's where the performance regression is likely to come from

[#5]

@jab1  Almost every Intel processor manufactured over the last decade contains a major security flaw that could be exploited in severe attacks. If that isn’t bad enough, patching the issue might slow down the performance of a CPU by up to 35 percent.

Source https://www.techspot.com/news/72550-massive-security-flaw-found-almost-all-intel-cpus.html

[#6]

OK @rongtw - I stand corrected.

I'll still be interested to see what, if anything happens to performance, some of the articles seem to give themselves plenty of  'wriggle-room' 5-30% is a wide spectrum.

Edit to add: I know there's no detail about this threat, but I wonder how close to your machine an attacker  will have to get, or how they would?

[#7]

You can get the tool to check if you are indeed vulnerable or not https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27150?v=t

[#8]

Status: This system is vulnerable.
Tool Stopped

So i wonder if the MS update also means i may have to update my bios too ? 

And if this update does slow our cpu`s down then what are our rights ? I mean i didnt pay for no slow cpu !!

[#9]

---

@30FTTC06 wrote:

You can get the tool to check if you are indeed vulnerable or not https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/27150?v=t

---

That's for a different Intel flaw (though I suppose if you're affected by one it's likely you'll be affected by t'other)

[#10]

---

@St3 wrote:

And if this update does slow our cpu`s down then what are our rights ? I mean i didnt pay for no slow cpu !!

---

Intel Responds to Secuity Research Findings 

(AKA PR BS)

[#11]

I always buy AMD.

They are cheaper, faster and apparently more secure!

[#12]

Could be all chips Now including AMD , ARM

The issue was originally linked to a flaw only in Intel's chips, but the firm said this was "incorrect".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42561169

[#13]

bit more background here https://www.slashgear.com/intels-bug-response-its-not-just-us-03513499/

[#14]

As I understand it the patch will affect all chips irrespective of whether they are Intel, AMD or whatever.

[#15]

Microsoft has released an emergency patch this evening for Windows 10 that is being applied automatically. Windows 7 and Windows 8 will receive a patch next Tuesday.

https://www.techspot.com/news/72576-massive-cpu-flaws-get-name-meltdown-spectre-what.html