Intel processors (lazy FP state restore): LazyFP: when the OS restores FPU/vector state lazily, one process can

Impact

LazyFP: when the OS restores FPU/vector state lazily, one process can speculatively read another process's floating-point and vector register contents. On an AI node the vector registers hold tensor data and, in crypto-adjacent code, key material.

Who can reach it

Local code on a host whose OS uses lazy FPU state restore.

What to do

Fixed in the OS by switching to eager FPU restore - take the kernel update and reboot. No microcode or BIOS component. Modern kernels already default to eager restore; this matters mostly on frozen legacy images.

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