covering the week's top textbooks with slight Linux bias the latest Intel crosstalk vulnerability is now patched in Debian gnu/linux sent OS Linux as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems the recently found Hardware vulnerability known as crosstalk was discovered by researchers from view university Amsterdam in some Intel processors the flaw could allow local attackers or virtual machine guests to expose sensitive information like cryptographic keys from other users or VMS already patched in all supported Ubuntu releases the vulnerability has also now been patched in Debian Buster and stretch plus sent OS 6 & 7 as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6 and 7 to mitigate the vulnerability in their systems users will have to install the latest Linux kernel and Intel microcode updates which are now available in the stable software repositories of their distributions although Debian stretch users must enable the non free repository to get the patch make sure you reboot your systems after installing the new Linux kernel and Intel micro code updates