I wonder how it is in reality for most *BSD users due to 1. hide processes run by other users 2. disable reading kernel messaging buffers... 3. disable kernel messaging debugging by unprivileged users
And some other tweeks What surprises me is the "panic" publication of this because of already known and in *BSDs addressed concerns about hyper threatening and shared memory well back since 1994 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-m...@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-m...@openbsd.org] On Behalf > Of Rupert Gallagher > Sent: 04 January 2018 22:22 > To: Daniel Wilkins; Allan Streib > Cc: Alceu R. de Freitas Jr.; misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Kernel memory leaking on Intel CPUs? > > https://mobile.twitter.com/misc0110/status/948706387491786752 > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 16:49, Daniel Wilkins <t...@parlementum.net> > wrote: > > > Intel's said that it affects every processor in the last 20+ years > and that it's "not a big deal for most users" because it's only a > kernel memory *read*. @yahoo.com.br>
