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Processor | Ryzen 9 5900X |
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Motherboard | MSI B450 Tomahawk ATX |
Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition |
Memory | VENGEANCE LPX 2 x 16GB DDR4-3600 C18 OCed 3800 |
Video Card(s) | XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming |
Storage | 970 EVO NVMe M.2 500 GB, 870 QVO 1 TB |
Display(s) | Samsung 28” 4K monitor |
Case | Phantek Eclipse P400S (PH-EC416PS) |
Audio Device(s) | EVGA NU Audio |
Power Supply | EVGA 850 BQ |
Mouse | SteelSeries Rival 310 |
Keyboard | Logitech G G413 Silver |
Software | Windows 10 Professional 64-bit v22H2 |
A major hardware flaw appears to have been discovered in Intel CPUs, and bypassing this bug can drastically impact performance. Patching the Intel CPU bug is purported to cause a performance hit of 30-35% on Intel CPUs, while all AMD CPUs are unaffected.
The bug itself could potentially have devastating consequences. It opens up possible security vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs, including large cloud providers and web hosts. The hardware bug causes an Intel CPU to prefetch system memory areas and gain control of any application, in theory allowing for a VM on shared hosting to read and write over another VM. Breaking out of the confines of virtual machines hosted at cloud providers could prove hugely damaging.
According to numerous sources, the security bug is currently embargoed, with Intel trying to keep a lid on it lest it is exploited for an attack. The bug was allegedly unearthed by developers working on the Linux kernel, with several major kernel patches dropping over the festive period quickly drawing attention.
Sources: Game Debate Reddit
The bug itself could potentially have devastating consequences. It opens up possible security vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs, including large cloud providers and web hosts. The hardware bug causes an Intel CPU to prefetch system memory areas and gain control of any application, in theory allowing for a VM on shared hosting to read and write over another VM. Breaking out of the confines of virtual machines hosted at cloud providers could prove hugely damaging.
According to numerous sources, the security bug is currently embargoed, with Intel trying to keep a lid on it lest it is exploited for an attack. The bug was allegedly unearthed by developers working on the Linux kernel, with several major kernel patches dropping over the festive period quickly drawing attention.
Sources: Game Debate Reddit