[Development] Broken RNG on AMD Ryzen CPUs affect QTemporaryFile, Qt IFW

Thiago Macieira thiago.macieira at intel.com
Wed Feb 19 00:51:12 CET 2020


On Tuesday, 18 February 2020 05:36:56 PST Sze Howe Koh wrote:
> > Christian Kandeler (18 February 2020 12:59) replied
> > 
> > > Probably the same as https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-77375.

Also https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-70606, which is when I reported the 
problem to AMD, but we did not introduce a workaround since we didn't know it 
was this widespread.

> > Which version was this encountered in ?
> > 
> 
> Judging from the screenshots, it's the latest and greatest version of
> the Qt installer (qt-opensource-windows-x86-5.14.1.exe) [1]

Okay, but what version of Qt is the Qt Installer using? Installer team, can 
you check?

Also, anyone affected, PLEASE upgrade your BIOS right now. Your system is 
insecure. (or buy Intel)

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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel System Software Products





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