Article 4EMYH Some AMD CPUs Might Lose RdRand Randomness Following Suspend/Resume

Some AMD CPUs Might Lose RdRand Randomness Following Suspend/Resume

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Systemd developers are sounding the alarms that some AMD processors might lose randomness (yielding non-random data) via the RdRand instruction following a suspend/resume alarm. However, initial indications don't appear for this to be some glaring widespread issue and might be limited to the older AMD CPUs and/or BIOS/motherboard combination...
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