Re:Many packages suddenly disappeared
by MagicWishMonkey on Saturday January 06, 2018 @08:03PM
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Wouldn't the package need to be executed as root, though? Or does spectre/meltdown not require privileged access?
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Re:Many packages suddenly disappeared
by Natanael_L on Saturday January 06, 2018 @09:19PM
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No, that's the entire point. They need almost nothing at all but the ability to run code fast in a loop with memory calls. The entire point is that they bypass privilege checks.