The issue is related to speculative execution of read and write operations, accessing memory using non-canonical addresses. This can potentially result in data leakage. The vulnerability may allow an attacker to disclose information about the kernel's address space using a side-channel attack. The issue is similar to the Meltdown vulnerability. Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of the attack, and it is estimated to impact various CPUs, including existing AMD CPUs and future Intel and Arm CPUs.