OpenBSD chief de Raadt says no easy fix for new Intel CPU bug

Re:OpenBSD chief de Raadt says no easy fix for new Intel CPU... by pocak on Monday June 25, 2018 @09:12AM (#17392101)

If you give two threads on one core to one VM, the VM could attack the hypervisor. It could have one thread run the TLB probe loop while the other does something that's handled by the hypervisor.

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Re:OpenBSD chief de Raadt says no easy fix for new Intel CPU... by AlphaSite on Monday June 25, 2018 @10:48AM (#17392811)

Isn’t there typically a VMM per VM? So the risk is then lower?

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