Under certain circumstances, the ix86_expand_builtin function in i386.c in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4 will generate instruction sequences that clobber the status flag of the RDRAND and RDSEED intrinsics before it can be read, potentially causing failures of these instructions to go unreported. This could potentially lead to less randomness in random number generation.

Under certain circumstances, the ix86_expand_builtin function in i386.c in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4 will generate instruction sequences that clobber the status flag of the RDRAND and RDSEED intrinsics before it can be read, potentially causing failures of these instructions to go unreported. This could potentially lead to less randomness in random number generation.

gcc: GCC generates incorrect code for RDRAND/RDSEED intrinsics

Security update for gcc48

Affected: Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: gcc-3.3, Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: gcc-4.7, Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: gcc-4.8, Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: gcc-mingw-w64, Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: gccgo-4.9, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: gcc-5, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: gccgo-6, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: gcc-5-cross, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: gcc-3.3, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: gcc-4.7 and 52 more

Under certain circumstances, the ix86_expand_builtin function in i386.c in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5 before 5.5, and 6 before 6.4 will generate instruction sequences that clobber the status flag of the RDRAND and RDSEED intrinsics before it can be read, potentially causing failures of these instructions to go unreported. This could potentially lead to less randomness in random number generation.