spectre

The Spectre vulnerability affects Intel, AMD, and ARM processor chips (each to various degrees) and can allow unprivileged access to memory in the kernel and other processes.  Canonical has committed to kernel patches to address this issue by January 9, 2018. If you need to check your system, or perhaps have already patched your systems … Ubuntu: Determine system vulnerability for Spectre CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5753