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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.14 has meltdown / spectre info in /sys
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 20:43:31
Message-Id: CAGfcS_k0rNvfupL9t-mMp=EofzGh_HwJ8FLHP+mmCZs1X5bdPg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.14 has meltdown / spectre info in /sys by Ian Zimmerman
1 On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@××××××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > On 2018-01-18 19:28, Adam Carter wrote:
3 >
4 >> Nice;
5 >>
6 >> $ ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/
7 >> meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2
8 >> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
9 >> Mitigation: PTI
10 >> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
11 >> Vulnerable
12 >> $ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
13 >> Vulnerable: Minimal generic ASM retpoline
14 >
15 > So has 4.9.77, but it's dumb:
16 >
17 > matica!3 ~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
18 > Vulnerable
19 > matica!4 ~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
20 > Vulnerable
21 > matica!5 ~$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2
22 > Vulnerable: Minimal AMD ASM retpoline
23 >
24 > (AMD is not affected by Meltdown)
25 >
26
27 On my Ryzen 5-1600 I get:
28 cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
29 Not affected
30
31 I'm not sure why you're getting a vulnerable message.
32
33 --
34 Rich

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.14 has meltdown / spectre info in /sys Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.14 has meltdown / spectre info in /sys Corbin Bird <corbinbird@×××××××.net>