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Title: New Side-Channel Vulnerability Confirmed in Kaby Lake and Skylake CPUs
Post by: Redaktion on November 02, 2018, 17:29:41
A new CVE may enable yet another side-channel exploit in Intel processors. This vulnerability, known as CVE-2018-5407 (or "PortSmash"), targets Hyper-Threading (or simultaneous multi-threading (SMT)). It is confirmed as effective in Skylake and Kaby Lake chips, and could affect others.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-Side-Channel-Vulnerability-Confirmed-in-Kaby-Lake-and-Skylake-CPUs.355076.0.html