AMD discloses multi-threading security vulnerability affecting Zen processors

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AMD Zen chips vulnerable to multi-threading attack

AMD has disclosed an execution unit scheduler contention side-channel vulnerability affecting Zen 1, Zen 2, and Zen 3 processors that use simultaneous multithreading (SMT).

The security vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2021-46778 and has a medium severity rating.
 
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