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Re:WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history by 10000truths on Saturday January 02, 2021 @10:36AM (#25613462)
Erm, explain? What attack can you do with hardware virtualization enabled that you cannot otherwise do?
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Re:WSL2 corrupting Git repositories and shell history by proactivesvcs on Monday January 04, 2021 @05:47PM (#25639355)
I've read[1] that it can make Meltdown/Spectre attacks possible and thought I'd seen many more reports and discussions about it, but seems I was mistaken.

[1] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3646

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