A ranar Laraba, masu binciken tsaro sun bayyana wani babban lahani na tsaro a cikin na'urorin sarrafa Intel wanda zai iya ba wa masu kutse damar samun bayanai masu mahimmanci kamar kalmomin shiga, maɓallan tsaro da manyan fayiloli akan faifai. Wannan ya haifar da sake fasalin Linux da Windows Kernels don gyara matsalar tsaro a matakin guntu, amma kuma yana iya shafar aikin kwamfutocin bayan gyara matsalar.
Duk da haka, an ɓoye sirrin bayanai game da wannan cin zarafi tsakanin masu sayar da kayan aiki da software don kada maharan su sami cikakken bayani game da bayanan. Bugu da ƙari, an cire sharhin da ke cikin lambar tushe na faci na Linux kernel don hana masu kutse su bayyana ga masu kutse.
A cewar masu binciken, bug na tsaro na iya kasancewa a cikin dukkan kwakwalwan Intel da aka kera a cikin shekaru 10 da suka gabata. Kodayake mafi yawan bayanan kuskuren an sanya su a asirce, an bayyana wasu bayanai kaɗan wanda ke nuna cewa kwaron yana ba da damar ƙananan shirye-shirye da aikace-aikace na yau da kullun don samun damar abun cikin yankin ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar kwaya. Kernel ance yana da mafi girman izinin izini a cikin tsarin aiki kuma yana haɗa aikace-aikacen zuwa ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya, mai sarrafawa da sauran kayan aikin da ke cikin kwamfutar.
Don gyara wannan matsalar, masu shirye-shiryen Linux suna raba ƙwaƙwalwar ajiyar kwata-kwata daga tsarin mai amfani ta hanyar amfani da hanyar da ake kira Kernel Page Table Keɓewa, ko KPT. Koyaya, matsala tare da wannan rabuwa shine cewa yana da tsada sosai, kuma canzawa koyaushe tsakanin wurare daban-daban na adireshin kowane tsarin kira na iya ƙara ƙyallen sama daga ƙarshe ya rage komputa. Rijistar yayi rahoton cewa raguwar aikin zai iya kasancewa tsakanin 5-30% ya dogara da mai sarrafa Intel.
An fara amfani da faci na Linux a cikin watan da ya gabata, yayin da ake sa ran Microsoft za ta fitar da sabuntawar a cikin faci mai zuwa ranar Talata yayin da kamfanin ya fara gwada canje-canjen a watan Nuwamba. Sauran tsarin aikin da abin ya shafa shine macOS mai bit 64 na Apple saboda lahani yana cikin kayan aikin Intel x86-64. Duk da cewa Apple ta ƙaddamar da ƙaramin sabuntawa, kamfanin zai fitar da ƙarin canje-canje a cikin 10.3.3 mai zuwa nan ba da jimawa ba.
Domin cikakken bayani game da matsalar tsaro, karanta rahoton da Register ya wallafa . Kuma ku kalli wannan wuri don ƙarin sabuntawa kan faci na Meltdown da Spectre.
