Lanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoEncryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fixarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1584arrow-down116cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgprivacy@lemmy.mlcybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1568arrow-down1external-linkEncryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fixarstechnica.comLanky_Pomegranate530@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square96fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgprivacy@lemmy.mlcybersecurity@sh.itjust.works
minus-squarebobthecowboy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 years agoThis is exactly the kind of thing that gets backported to stable LTS distros tho. The kernel Major.Minor is just the base - it doesn’t tell the whole story.
minus-squareMooseBoys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoRight - I was just objecting to the suggestion that once upstream has the fix, “Linux users will be safe”.
This is exactly the kind of thing that gets backported to stable LTS distros tho. The kernel Major.Minor is just the base - it doesn’t tell the whole story.
Right - I was just objecting to the suggestion that once upstream has the fix, “Linux users will be safe”.