Description
This microcode update provides the Intel 20180807 microcode release
that adds the processor microcode side of fixes and mitigations for
the now publically known security issue affected Intel processors
called L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) for most Intel processors since
Intel Core gen2:
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and Intel
Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) may allow unauthorized disclosure
of information residing in the L1 data cache from an enclave to an
attacker with local user access via side-channel analysis (CVE-2018-3615).
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address
translations may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in
the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access via a terminal
page fault and side-channel analysis (CVE-2018-3620).
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and address
translations may allow unauthorized disclosure of information residing in
the L1 data cache to an attacker with local user access with guest OS
privilege via a terminal page fault and side-channel analysis
(CVE-2018-3646).
The impact of the L1TF security issues.