Invention Application
- Patent Title: DYNAMIC DETECTION OF SPECULATION VULNERABILITIES
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Application No.: US17134335Application Date: 2020-12-26
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Publication No.: US20220206819A1Publication Date: 2022-06-30
- Inventor: Gilles Pokam , Asit Mallick , Martin Dixon , Michael Chynoweth
- Applicant: Intel Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Main IPC: G06F9/38
- IPC: G06F9/38 ; G06F9/30

Abstract:
Embodiments for dynamically mitigating speculation vulnerabilities are disclosed. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes speculation vulnerability mitigation hardware and speculation vulnerability detection hardware. The speculation vulnerability mitigation hardware is to implement one or more of a plurality of speculation vulnerability mitigation mechanisms. The speculation vulnerability detection hardware to detect vulnerability to a speculative execution attack and to provide to software an indication of speculative execution attack vulnerability.
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