Q3 2018 Speculative Execution Side Channel Update

Summary: Security researchers have identified a speculative execution side-channel method called L1 Terminal Fault L1TF. This method impacts select microprocessor products supporting Intel® Software Guard Extensions Intel® SGX. Further investigation by Intel has identified two related application...

Critical: kernel

Issue Overview: Fixes for L1Terminal Fault security issues: L1 Terminal Fault-OS/ SMM: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address translations may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access via a...