Intel chip flaw: Math unit potentially spills kernel crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, OpenBSD immune

Intel chip flaw: Math unit potentially spills kernel crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, OpenBSD immune

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/13/intel_fpu_security_flaw/

A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data from the chips' math processing units.

Malware or malicious logged-in users can attempt to leverage this design blunder to steal the inputs and results of computations performed in private by the operating system kernel.

Intel chip flaw: Math unit potentially spills kernel crypto secrets to apps – modern Linux, Windows, OpenBSD immune

Jun 13, 2018, 9:54pm UTC
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/13/intel_fpu_security_flaw/ > A security flaw within Intel Core and Xeon processors can be potentially exploited to swipe sensitive data from the chips' math processing units. > Malware or malicious logged-in users can attempt to leverage this design blunder to steal the inputs and results of computations performed in private by the operating system kernel.