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Spectre mitigation guts Linux 4.20 performance

2018-11-26 11:43

One of Intel’s fixes for the Spectre variant 2 chip flaw appears to have taken a big bite out of the performance of the latest Linux kernel.

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https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/11/26/spectre-mitigation-guts-linux-4-20-performance/

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VENDOR	LAST 12M	#/PRODUCTS	LOW	MEDIUM	HIGH	CRITICAL	TOTAL VULNS
Linux		17	377	2459	1528	666	5030

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