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Flipping one bit leaves AMD CPUs open to VM vuln (www.theregister.com)

submitted 3 months ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Fix landed in July, but OEM firmware updates are required If you use virtual machines, there's reason to feel less-than-Zen about AMD's CPUs. Computer scientists affiliated with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have found a vulnerability in AMD CPUs that exposes secrets in its secure virtualization environment.…

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[–] rowdy@piefed.social 0 points 3 months ago

Low severity. Good that it got attention but this requires attackers to already have access to the HV - meaning you’re already screwed.