CVE-2017-11671

Under certain circumstances, the ix86expandbuiltin function in i386.c in GNU Compiler Collection GCC version 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4 will generate instruction sequences that clobber the status flag of the RDRAND and RDSEED intrinsics before it can be read, potentially...

CVE-2017-11671

CVE-2017-11671 affects GCC: the ix86_expand_builtin path in i386.c can generate RDRAND/RDSEED instruction sequences that clobber the status flag before being read, potentially causing reduced randomness. Documented in GCC bug reports and affected across GCC 4.6–4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4...