Huge Intel CPU Bug Allegedly Causes Kernel Memory Vulnerability With Up To 30% Performance Hit In Windows And Linux
If the reports are accurate, it appears that Intel might have a pretty severe chip-level security bug on its hands that cannot be simply swatted away with a microcode update. The bug affects all modern Intel processors dating back at least a decade.
We should note that squashing the bug requires a patch at the OS level; and Linux patches have already been distributed (with redacted comments). Microsoft is expected to address the bug in its monthly Patch Tuesday update. The circumstances surrounding the exploit are currently under embargo, but some details are starting to make their way to the public spotlight, thanks to reporting over at Python Sweetness and The Register
In a nutshell, the bug allows everyday programs to "illegally" access certain contents in protected kernel memory. The "fix", so to speak, is to implement Kernel Page Table Isolation (PTI), which, for all intents and purposes, makes the kernel invisible to running processes. In a perfect world, such training wheels shouldn't be needed to isolate the kernel, but software patches that are nearing release for Windows, Linux and macOS systems will address the exploit head-on.
Literally everybody who wants money wants your data
Adrian Harris
Link to previous thread were a few anons and I went over the details
Brandon Garcia
Go ahead. Kek. Have some of my precious data. What you gonna do with it bitch? Pay off my debt? Lol
Kevin Thompson
>50% more threads single core performance in i7 is killing ryzen in games
Liam Baker
This is how (((they))) force windows 10 on everyone.
Thomas Howard
You'll be on quite a few lists. As if games are everything, and it's only 1080p at that.
Noah Wright
my 8700k clocked at 5.1 ghz outperforms any poozens anytime.
Christian Howard
Wasn't it already known that the NSA put vulnerabilities on Intel CPUs?
Gabriel Brooks
Only 5.1? Or did you not delid?
Isaiah Robinson
>Not switching to the Ryzen Threadripper for half the price. Well there is simply no hope for retards who want to throw money away.
Joshua Miller
>brainlet mentality Do you let random people break down your door, wake you up, and ask you random personal questions too? Ever considered that you are the custodian of that information and it's not for others to profit from?
Christopher Thomas
>You'll be on quite a few lists. So? You get put on a list for buying a lettuce today. This threat loses its power when you use it to often.
Alexander Nguyen
>had to switch to an Intel gpu for Android emulation >this comes out Every fucking day it feels like just more bullshit.
Justin White
You realise you are already part of a criminal botnet using your CPU to mine for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, right?
Wyatt Kelly
didnt delid the chip yet, clocking this one to 5.1 keeps the temp at ~28-33 when resting 33-45 when gaming
Christopher Garcia
my computer has an i3, am i too old to continue living?
Alexander Torres
What's worrying with CPU bugs like this is that most servers are virtualized now. If you buy a virtual server on a cloud platform and can exploit a CPU vulnerability you can compromise the other virtual servers running on the same machine. And if you have a virtual server there you can't do much of anything to defend against it. You could literally hack the planet with exploits like this nowadays.
David Gray
inb4 this exploit was being used by the CIA and Trumps people reported it whitehat style when they finally got control of the CIA.
Jordan Harris
This.
Asher Adams
This Spread a rumor there is a bug or cause a bug on purpose. Then provide a fix in the real trojan you want to drop. Everyone will run and install it like little bitch.
Luis Jones
>Up To 30% Performance Hit In Windows And Linux
Is this from the fix or the vulnerability?
Connor Jenkins
Not 5.4-5.5? Then it's not faster than Ryzen after the new patch. 5.1=3.8ghz Ryzen
Carter Howard
no its bait for soyim
Angel Ramirez
The vulnerability has existed all along. The fix is what drags performance.
Wyatt Cruz
>says the retard that goes to a website that had recently had scripts running that turned your computer into a buttcoin miner
And it won't be faster than AMD. T H I R T Y P E R C E N T
Kevin Sanchez
I really wish this thread weren't as stupid as it is.
Jordan Phillips
They are making i3's right now. The generation determines the age, not the model.
Mason Barnes
I want Intel to die. Terrible company doing everything they can to stay relevant
>patents most RISC emulations and conversions >uses CISC, a terrible niggerrigged instruction set that is terribly confusing and outdated >security leaks >controls most of the server market
Intel is scum. They need to die out already. They have great CPUs but they’re forcing everyone to stay on the Complex instruction set, which is cancer to anyone who knows what that is. It’s decent in speed but is terrible in efficiency, optimizing, and learning. The ARM instruction set or RISC is much easier, more energy efficient, and a better architecture in general.
Lincoln Lewis
If you want to get technical the i3s they make aren't really i3s anymore. It's the Pentium lineup that has 2 cores.
Mason Bennett
So tell me what is the end game? Are they gonna pull a MGS and stop people from saying the word Jew? La le lu lay lo Are they gonna blackmail you? That is a bit of unwarranted self importance on your part. You are not a revolutionary you are a twat at a computer. You have nothing CIA/FBI/Jews want. I just think it is time you slow down on the /x/ talk. Unless you are a jew infiltrator trying to keep the goyim scared of you.
John Mitchell
My computers like ten years old or so.
I keep thinking i shoudl buy a new one, but then i think, why? it never had given me trouble and works great and fast and has never stopped me from doing anything wanted to do so ill keep her going.
Nathaniel Sanchez
>Nividia geforce 540m >nividia optimus
Any of this shit badly obsolete tech dudes? i have no idea
Kayden Turner
fpwp
Caleb Cruz
Explain further. Was the hardware bug planted to selectively make operating systems obsolete? Or are they repurposing a backdoor as a bug now to make OS obsolete?
Dominic Johnson
>5 nah win10 will make it go slower need to sue intel
Jonathan Turner
explain
Logan James
THIS FUCKING HARDWARE BUG GOES ALL THE WAY TO TEN FUCKING YEARS AGO IF NOT MORE THEY WENT THE UNSECURED ROUTE SO THEY COULD HAVE FASTER PERFORMANCE ONLY NOW DO THEY BOTHER TO FIX IT
Jaxon Ortiz
The trojan should just be a disguised .exe that deletes system32
Incidentally the vulnerability is in the RISC subsystem, which is why it can't be patched with a microcode update
I'm pretty sure Intel tried to move away from the x86 architecture. They spent billions on Itanium and it was one of the worst failures ever in the tech industry.
Anthony Nelson
I do mostly browsing with some video editing and music production as a hobby. The odd game, but not much. Never had an issue once i do ill buy a new computer but it might as well be greek to me all this computing machine talk.
Nolan Bennett
Pentium pro was the best cpu I ever had.
John Lewis
top ctr post shlomo +2 shekels
Samuel Mitchell
What is there to explain? This has been going on for years. Even normies are talking about it. Your computer gets infected with malware that re-purposes your CPU for completing bitcoin mining algorithms. This works through the principle of crowdsourcing. Typically these malware will behave in a subtle way so as to avoid detection, but they can become very effective if the botnet owner has control of 10'000s or 100'000s of computers. Nowadays it is apparently increasingly common for many websites to contain malicious scripts that will instruct your CPU to work to solve the algorithms while you surf on them, without there actually being any malware on your PC.
Mason Mitchell
I don’t think intel has that in their chips. I thought it was all emulation.
Anyways, it’s not a vulnerability in RISC, just the intel version, whatever it may be.
Wasn’t Itanium solely x64? 128-bit instructions? I forgot what the gimmick was but HP is pissed
Jason Nguyen
The Pentium Pro was slow and overpriced. Motorola's G4 was faster and cheaper
Matthew Price
Who hear Kaby Lake i7 CPU ?
Julian Rogers
Kaby Lake is only Skylake Coffee Lake is only Skylake with more cores Next gen is Skylake with more cores than that Intel is going to be on 14nm until 2020
Aaron Evans
I'm still rocking Sandy Bridge
Joseph Davis
gonna be a class action
I already asked for a replacement, got a rebuilt, year warranty, puter less than a year
I'm going to ask intel to replace it too just in case
plus my old puter is almost 10 so they should replace that as well
Jaxson Thompson
I was about to build a new computer, should I stick go with an i7 7700k or go for a ryzen 1800x (for gaming).
Owen Adams
7700K is outdated 1800X is the more expensive version of the 1700 for only a couple hundred MHz gain
Christian Cruz
Why isnt this in Sup Forums ?
Fucking slide thread
Angel Baker
>tfw you've owned like 55-60 Intel CPUs in the last 10 years.
Will I be a mirrorn dorrer?
James Jenkins
You will probably be able to pick up decent server hardware at firesale prices soon.
Grayson Lee
Id opt for Ryzen but I’ve been out of the game for a while. I hear great thing about threadripper
Wyatt Wright
NOT politics. sage.
Oliver King
If the Russians knew about this hack, it means they didn't use fucking C2 malware on the DNC servers.
Christopher Walker
Ryzen arch is faster lol. Fuck Intel. Karma caught up to them for their shady compiler practices back in the late 2000's.
Grayson Howard
Hey guys I have an iMac G5 am I ok?
Adam Butler
Ryzen doesn't have much to offer in games past the 1600 Ryzen 2 in a couple months should be a new story on 12nm and with higher clocks
Owen Collins
Ryzen and thus threadripper and eypc has on the fly memory encryption, much better than Intel's shit which makes me ponder on how fast their shit would be if it were as unsecured as Intel
Nathaniel Ortiz
half the performance
Jonathan Carter
This how about a mac mini g4?
Levi Nguyen
Is having AIDS OK? (G4 was the shit)
Caleb Taylor
how about you nigger it yourselves faggots google is right there
Robert Nguyen
Test
Christian Bennett
but im a brainlet and i dont know that much about computers i just want to shitpost and look at my coinbase and bank account every once in a while. what should i look for in google?
Hunter Peterson
ryzen is not faster than even 4th gen intel, sweetie
theres a reason they glue 16 cores to it
Isaiah Butler
Cool im not banned anymore. It was my armpit you stupid niggers! Not a baby pussy! I was trolling! And that was my dick not my nephews dick, i just have a small dick that looks like a babys but im 28
Dylan Martinez
did a thread about current events disrupt your amerimutt posting or your favorite LARP or something?
Hunter Carter
quads o troof
Angel Torres
Probably 0-30% faster
Landon Sanders
This. Units of work can be done by your browser in the background while you fap to bbw trap porn. Don't like it? Disable Script execution but prepare for a broken web.
Noah Gutierrez
WE
Samuel Jones
how do i not consent, black nigger? and also answer my question i have a powerpc am i SAFE???
Andrew Rogers
The performance hit is fake news, it was spread on a bunch of sites with no source to create click bait.
Robert Martinez
Already contacted my lawyer
Julian Reed
WUZ
Jeremiah Barnes
nevermind you answered my consent queston. ANSWER THE POWERPC QUESTION!
Alexander Stewart
I dont give a shit. Im happy with my i5 7600k with my 1080. Kill yourself
Asher Edwards
>powerpc That's IBM, so you're safe
Jack Howard
>ITT: butthurt intel fanbois lel stay mad
Daniel Thompson
THANK YOU
David Johnson
>i-it's just fake news! the absolute state of intel fanboys
Bentley Watson
WOW so that means I can do whatever I want on it and the (((((((((((((cia,nsa,whatever))))))))))))) cannot do shit? they cant hack me? FUUUUUCK
Jose Scott
If the performance hit was fake news the autists working on the linux kernel wouldn't have come up with a fix in the first place.
Wyatt Hill
no, it means you're vulnerable to other shit, just not this big stinking shit from Intel
Benjamin Ortiz
Ryzen is a failure.
Sebastian Morgan
NICE STICKER
Hudson Hill
I CAN PLAY SIM CITY 4 ON IT BUT IT IS VERY SLOW WHEN I GET A LARGE POPULATION ETC. WHAT AM I VULNERABLE TO, THEN? INB4 GOOGLE IT
Brody Wilson
Does anyone still use intel chips? I think the last machine I had with an intel chip in it ran windows 98.
Hunter Hall
>t. janitor at an Intel warehouse
Gabriel Rogers
OH, AND HOW ABOUT PIC RELATED? AM IN INB4 THE SHITSTORM OF INTELS OR DID I MAKE THE CUT FOR THE SHITSTORM BACKDOOR HACK?
Joshua Williams
Windows 10 can never complete the updates anyway so we've got nothing to worry about.