Has any impact assessment been made as to FreeBSD's exposure or mitigation strategies?
'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign - The Register Other OSes will need an update, performance hits loom A fundamental design flaw in Intel's processor chips has forced a significant redesign of the Linux and Windows kernels to defang the chip-level security bug.… Programmers are scrambling to overhaul the open-source Linux kernel's virtual memory system. Meanwhile, Microsoft is expected to publicly introduce necessary changes to its Windows operating system in this month's Patch Tuesday ... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/ imb _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
