The bug allows attackers to swipe data from a CPU’s registers. […] the exploit doesn’t require physical hardware access and can be triggered by loading JavaScript on a malicious website.
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Doesn’t AMD already have the fix for this out?
The article says there was a fix for a specific set of server CPUs, but not for consumer 3000 and 4000 series CPUs until December-ish.
When I updated my system I use arch BTW it had an upgrade for the amd Unicodeavailable. I don’t know if the fix was in there but maybe