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Intel Urges OEMs and End Users To Stop Deploying Spectre Patch As It May 'Introduce Higher Than Expected Reboots' (intel.com)

Posted by msmash on from the you-had-six-months dept.

Intel executive vice president Neil Shenoy said on Monday that the chip-maker has identified the source of some of the recent problems, so it is now recommended that users skip the available patches. From the blog post: We recommend that OEMs, cloud service providers, system manufacturers, software vendors and end users stop deployment of current versions, as they may introduce higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior.

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  1. Why does anyone even bother patching Spectre? by blind+biker · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Spectre cannot be practically used for any exploit - it's Intel PR's red herring, it's bullshit.

    Just read up, educate yourselves (though half the people on /. are the proverbial choir I'm preaching to, I guess).

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