[cfarm-users] OT: Spectre and Meltdown cpu bugs

[Stas Boukarev]

Do people really process sensitive data on the compiler farm?

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 5:21 AM Jeffrey Walton via cfarm-users <
cfarm-users at lists.tetaneutral.net> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> It looks like PoCs are starting to be released for the CPU bugs. Or
> there's a PoC in the wild for ARM processors. The farm may want to
> accelerate deployment of the fixes if it has not done so.
>
> Early reports:
> * https://amp.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/7nl8r0/intel_bug_incoming/
> * https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
>
> Latest news:
> *
> https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/4/16848976/how-to-protect-windows-pc-meltdown-security-flaw
>
> Jeff
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