Hi all, Kernel, microcode, and qemu updates to mitigate these CPU side-channel vulnerabilities are on the way https://news.opensuse.org/2018/01/04/current-status-opensuse-and-spectre-mel... Regards, Richard openSUSE Board On 4 January 2018 at 13:53, Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:

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On Thursday, 2018-01-04 at 17:30 +1100, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 03/01/18 23:02, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/

Or is it a 'backdoor' which has been discovered only now?

Second person I see asking that ;-)

I doubt it. A backdoor is done subtly, and you need to control it (meaning you need to protect yourself, enable/disable at will).

This thing affects all computers, even those on "your" side. So yes, you may attack others, and they can attack you back. You can not be sure the bad guys and intelligence agencies don't find about about this. There is no way you can secure your own computer, you need a redesign of the kernel in a way that affects speed: not something you want for yourself.

- -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)

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