After much debate, Linus Torvalds has rejected a controversial patch to address potential leaks of secrets from a CPU's cores. . Linux kernel head Linus Torvalds has trashed a patch from Amazon Web Services (AWS) engineers that was aimed at mitigating the Snoop attack on Intel CPUs discovered by an AWS engineer earlier this year. The so-called ' Snoop-assisted L1 Data Sampling ', or Snoop (CVE-2020-0550), attacks affecting a range of Intel Xeon and Core CPUs were disclosed in March. . Linus Torvalds has dismissed a contentious AWS update aimed at mitigating Intel CPU vulnerabilities, provoking worries about security.. AWS Linux Patch, Intel CPU Security, Snoop Attack, Torvalds Rejection. . Brittany Day
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