Intel Processors Now Allows Antivirus to Use Built-in GPUs for Malware Scanning

Global chip-maker Intel on Tuesday announced two new technologies—Threat Detection Technology TDT and Security Essentials—that not only offer hardware-based built-in security features across Intel processors but also improve threat detection without compromising system performance. Intel's Threat...

Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80

Linux kernel Virtualization Module CONFIGKVM for the Intel processor family CONFIGKVMINTEL is vulnerable to a DoS issue. It could occur if a guest was to flood the I/O port 0x80 with write requests. A guest user could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS...

Denial of Service Vulnerability in Multiple Intel Products

Intel 5th generation Intel Core Processors are different series of CPU Central Processing Unit products of Intel Corporation. A security vulnerability exists in the SPI Flash configuration in the platform on multiple Intel products. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a...

Intel Admits It Won't Be Possible to Fix Spectre (V2) Flaw in Some Processors

As speculated by the researcher who disclosed Meltdown and Spectre flaws in Intel processors, some of the Intel processors will not receive patches for the Spectre variant 2 side-channel analysis attack In a recent microcode revision guidance PDF, Intel admits that it would not be possible to...

Another Branch Prediction Attack

When Spectre and Meltdown were first announced earlier this year, pretty much everyone predicted that there would be many more attacks targeting branch prediction in microprocessors. Here's another one: In the new attack, an attacker primes the PHT and running branch instructions so that the PHT...

hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling

An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Variant...

Debian DSA-4120-1 : linux - security update (Meltdown) (Spectre)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-5715 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in various processors supporting speculative execution, enabling an attacker...

hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling

An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Variant...

Intel AMT Loophole Allows Hackers to Gain Control of Some PCs in Under a Minute

Researchers have found a loophole in Intel processors that allow an attacker to bypass logins and place backdoors on laptops, allowing adversaries remote access to laptops. Researchers at F-Secure, that first identified the attack strategy, say the loophole can be exploited in less than one minut...

Debian DSA-4082-1 : linux - security update (Meltdown)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-5754 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Intel processors, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to...

The vulnerability of Intel and ARM processors is caused by a memory access control error during speculative execution of processor instructions, allowing attackers to disclose protected information.

The vulnerabilities of Intel and ARM processors stem from errors in memory access control during speculative execution of processor instructions. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows attackers to gain access to protected memory from a program that does not have the necessary privileges. This i...

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors stem from the unique workings of the branch prediction module, which allows attackers to exploit the protected information.

The vulnerabilities of Intel, ARM, and AMD processors are related to the characteristics of the branch prediction module’s operation. Exploiting these vulnerabilities allows attackers to gain access to protected memory from a program that does not have the necessary privileges, by creating...

Debian DLA-1232-1 : linux security update (Meltdown)

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-5754 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Intel processors, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to rea...

[SECURITY] [DLA 1232-1] linux security update

Package : linux Version : 3.2.96-3 CVE ID : CVE-2017-5754 CVE-2017-17558 CVE-2017-17741 CVE-2017-17805 CVE-2017-17806 CVE-2017-17807 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-5754...

RHEL 6 : microcode_ctl (RHSA-2018:0037) (Spectre)

An update for microcodectl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS...

Debian DSA-4078-1 : linux - security update (Meltdown)

Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Intel processors, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from the kernel and all other processes running on the system. This specific attack has been named Meltdown and is...

RHEL 7 : microcode_ctl (RHSA-2018:0035) (Spectre)

An update for microcodectl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update Support, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security...

[SECURITY] [DSA 4078-1] linux security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4078-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez January 04, 2018 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

(RHSA-2018:0038) Important: microcode_ctl security update

The microcodectl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors. Security Fixes: An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary...

(RHSA-2018:0037) Important: microcode_ctl security update

The microcodectl packages provide microcode updates for Intel and AMD processors. Security Fixes: An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions a commonly used performance optimization. There are three primary...