Apparently, modern Intel processors from the past decade are affected by the flaw.
This hardware flaw is such that kit cannot by fixed with a microcode update.
It is assumed that the processor performance will be considerably impacted by the KPTI implementation.
Linux developers are trying to overhaul the OSs kernels virtual memory system, according to The Register.
Intel believes these exploits do not have the potential to corrupt, modify or delete data.
Source:The Register
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