info:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intelme
My computer has an intel CPU but is pretty old, from 2007, maybe earlier, so I am holding out hope that it might not be affected by this, but how do I find out? I've got a few computers I want to check.
I've got system profiler and benchmark which tells me some things about my CPU but what am I looking for? What would indicate that my CPU has the hardware responsible for this memory leak?
Running: Ubuntu 16.04.3
cat /proc/cpuinfo
, if it reportscpu_insecure
under "bugs", you're affected. Note that you need to be running a patched kernel for it to tell you (and to have the fix).cat /proc/cpuinfo
bugs: (nothing) there is a blank space after bugs, hope this is a good sign :)