To understand Spectre on Windows 10, one must first understand speculative execution. Modern CPUs predict which branch of code will be executed next (using branch predictors) and execute instructions ahead of time. If the prediction is wrong, the results are discarded. However, Spectre exploits the fact that , which can be read via a side-channel attack (e.g., Flush+Reload or Prime+Probe).
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If you’ve owned a computer in the last five years, you’ve likely heard the words and Meltdown floating around tech news headlines. They sound like disaster movie titles, but they are actually two of the most significant security vulnerabilities ever discovered in modern computer processors. To understand Spectre on Windows 10, one must