Kernel memory leaking Intel processor design flaw

I will worry about it when I notice the difference in performance. Frankly, it was hard to tell the difference going from Devil's Canyon to Kaby Lake at about the same overclock. I also could not tell the difference when I dropped my overclock by 300MHz when I got rid of my noisy water cooler and went back to a quiet air cooler.
Now going from SATA SSD to NVME SSD WAS noticeable and there was the huge difference in going from a GTX 1080 to a GTX 1080 Ti in gameplay.
I wouldn't worry too much over it with both MS and Intel having a strong interest in minimizing the impact. it may take some time to tweak the bug fix tho so the first numbers out may be the worst case numbers which will gradually improve over time. If we fast ring insiders have had the fix applied for months already and no one noticed, I am not surprised

Intel and other technology companies have been made aware of new security research describing software analysis methods that, when used for malicious purposes, have the potential to improperly gather sensitive data from computing devices that are operating as designed. Intel believes these exploits do not have the potential to corrupt, modify or delete data.

Recent reports that these exploits are caused by a “bug” or a “flaw” and are unique to Intel products are incorrect. Based on the analysis to date, many types of computing devices — with many different vendors’ processors and operating systems — are susceptible to these exploits.

Intel is committed to product and customer security and is working closely with many other technology companies, including AMD, ARM Holdings and several operating system vendors, to develop an industry-wide approach to resolve this issue promptly and constructively. Intel has begun providing software and firmware updates to mitigate these exploits. Contrary to some reports, any performance impacts are workload-dependent, and, for the average computer user, should not be significant and will be mitigated over time.

Intel is committed to the industry best practice of responsible disclosure of potential security issues, which is why Intel and other vendors had planned to disclose this issue next week when more software and firmware updates will be available. However, Intel is making this statement today because of the current inaccurate media reports.

Check with your operating system vendor or system manufacturer and apply any available updates as soon as they are available. Following good security practices that protect against malware in general will also help protect against possible exploitation until updates can be applied.

Intel believes its products are the most secure in the world and that, with the support of its partners, the current solutions to this issue provide the best possible security for its customers.

Source: https://newsroom.intel.com/news/inte...arch-findings/