The new bunch of Spectre-like flaws revealed last week won’t be patched for at least 12 days. German outlet Heise, which broke news of the eight Spectre-like vulnerabilities last week has now reported that Intel wants disclosure of the flaws delayed until at least May 21. “Intel is now planning a coordinated release on May 21, 2018. New microcode updates are due to be released on this date”, Jürgen Schmidt reported on May 7.
ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register