There is a serious security flaw in billions of Intel CPUs that can let attackers steal confidential data like passwords and encryption keys. Firmware updates can fix it, but at a potential significant performance loss.

Oh no.

  • ⚡⚡⚡English
    6•2 years ago

    What does that even mean for me (has Debian running on a 2015 MacBook with Intel processor).

    Will I get such a driver patch somehow?

    • qazEnglish
      9•2 years ago

      I just checked my package updates on my Debian server and there is a new update for the Intel-Microcodes available already.

    • StarDreamerEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      It’s the AVX-2/AVX-512 instructions that have issues. In most cases unless you’re running a server CPU (or extremely recent consumer CPU) you’ll be fine.

      Scary for HPC/AI? Yes. For most people? Not really.

      • @__dev@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        AVX-2 has been in pretty much every CPU since 2011. For AVX512 intel’s been shipping that to consumers since Ice Lake 2019.