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Downfall (security vulnerability)

Downfall, known as Gather Data Sampling (GDS) by Intel, is a computer security vulnerability found in 6th through 11th generations of consumer and 1st through 4th generations of Intel Xeon Scalable x86-64 microprocessors. It is a transient execution CPU vulnerability which relies on speculative execution of Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instructions…

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6-11th gen Intel Core CPUs, 1-4th gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs

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Downfall (security vulnerability)

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Affected hardware · 1
Downfall (security vulnerability) → 6-11th gen Intel Core CPUs, 1-4th gen Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs
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vulnerability intel downfall security extensions microcode xeon scalable avx affected cpus page 6th 11th x86-64 also patches known gather data

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Downfall (security vulnerability)Websitedownfall.page1.00infobox

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