Millions of computers using Intel chips are prone to hacking because of a flaw that went unnoticed for a decade, it has emerged.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 safety flaw inward Intel's processors' chips has forced to redesign the millions of the computers using Linux as well as Windows kernels to bypass the chip-level safety bug.
The flaw remained unnoticed for a decade. For yesteryear ii months, Programmers were busy to spell the Linux kernel’s virtual retention organization as well as thus that the põrnikas inward the Intel CPUs could non allow hackers exploit the safety flaws. Through this flaw, hackers could easily safety keys, passwords, as well as files cached from a disk.
According to the Register reports, software updates are required for both Windows as well as Linux systems, as well as functioning of a car volition last affected.
"Crucially, these updates to both Linux as well as Windows volition incur a functioning striking on Intel products," The Register wrote (bit.ly/2CsRxkj).
“The effects are beingness benchmarked, however, nosotros are looking at a ballpark figure of a v to xxx pct slowdown, depending on the chore as well as the processor model.”
Competing chip maker AMD has confirmed that their processors are non vulnerable to this type of safety bug. “AMD processors are non acre of study to the types of attacks that the substance page tabular array isolation characteristic protects against,” explains Tom Lendacky, an AMD engineer.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 safety flaw inward Intel's processors' chips has forced to redesign the millions of the computers using Linux as well as Windows kernels to bypass the chip-level safety bug.
The flaw remained unnoticed for a decade. For yesteryear ii months, Programmers were busy to spell the Linux kernel’s virtual retention organization as well as thus that the põrnikas inward the Intel CPUs could non allow hackers exploit the safety flaws. Through this flaw, hackers could easily safety keys, passwords, as well as files cached from a disk.
According to the Register reports, software updates are required for both Windows as well as Linux systems, as well as functioning of a car volition last affected.
"Crucially, these updates to both Linux as well as Windows volition incur a functioning striking on Intel products," The Register wrote (bit.ly/2CsRxkj).
“The effects are beingness benchmarked, however, nosotros are looking at a ballpark figure of a v to xxx pct slowdown, depending on the chore as well as the processor model.”
Competing chip maker AMD has confirmed that their processors are non vulnerable to this type of safety bug. “AMD processors are non acre of study to the types of attacks that the substance page tabular array isolation characteristic protects against,” explains Tom Lendacky, an AMD engineer.
