Microsoft will incorporate Google’s Retpoline patch to prevent Spectre Variant 2 from slowing down its operating system.
Microsoft plans to include the Retpoline patch, a fix developed by Google, in an upcoming version of Windows 10 to prevent slowdown caused by Spectre Variant 2, ZDNet reports.
Spectre Variant 2, a speculative execution side-channel attack, has caused much industry concern about its significant effect on operating system performance. While Intel issued fixes addressing Variant 2, a “branch target injection” bug, it also admits the mitigation’s impact on performance varies based on the platform configuration, mitigation technique, and specific workload.
