By Darren Allan
Intel has cautioned that the fixes for the Meltdown and Spectre bugs may cause instability with some older processors, while the firm’s CEO also issued a statement promising greater transparency regarding these sort of major vulnerabilities going forward.
The bad news on the fix front applies to Broadwell and Haswell CPUs in terms of both consumer and data center use, with rebooting issues apparently plaguing some users.
In a security update (spotted by the Register) Intel stated: “We have received reports from a few customers of higher system reboots after applying firmware updates. Specifically, these systems are running Intel Broadwell and Haswell CPUs for both client and data center. We are working quickly with these customers to understand, diagnose and address this reboot issue.”
So, presumably pre-Haswell processors aren’t hit. The solution may require a revised firmware update, and Intel notes it’s busy chewing the problem over with customers and working on a solution right now.
Transparent and timely
Meanwhile, Intel’s chief executive Brian Krzanich issued a statement of his own (highlighted by the Verge) making several pledges, including a promise of ‘transparent and timely communications’ from the company.
Krzanich restated Intel’s previously noted goal of patching 90% …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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