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Linux Patched For New "VMSCAPE" Vulnerability Affecting Intel & AMD CPUs


The Linux kernel was just patched moments ago for a new CPU security vulnerability..

The Linux kernel was just patched moments ago for a new CPU security vulnerability... VMSCAPE. There are many ways to mitigate vmscape using the existing Spectre-v2 defenses like IBRS variants or the IBPB flushes. This series focuses solely on IBPB because it works universally across vendors and all vulnerable processors.

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