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canopic jug [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Intel® FPU speculation vulnerability has been confirmed [undeadly.org]. Theo guessed right last week.

Using information disclosed in Theo's talk, Colin Percival developed a proof-of-concept exploit in around 5 hours. This seems to have prompted an early end to an embargo (in which OpenBSD was not involved), and the official announcement [intel.com] of the vulnerability.

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