This update probably features hardening against "Spectre" variant 4, and perhaps even RSRR (rogue system register read) variant 3A, chronicled in CVE-2018-3640.Via: TPU
Intel issues Spectre microcodes update for Ivy Bridge through Westmere
Posted on Monday, July 02 2018 @ 15:03 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck