Spectre/Meltdown bug affecting Python ?

[J.O. Aho]

On 01/06/18 13:43, Etienne Robillard wrote:
> My understanding of this vulnerability is that speculative indirect
> calls in Linux kernel can be used to extract/filter memory content via
> side-channels.

Not just Linux, but all other OS:es, Microsoft and Apple been patching
in secret as they have a closed source approach, but ms-windows needs at
least one more patch before it can breath out, which will be released on
Tuesday.