[gentoo-user] Re: New Intel CPU flaws discovered

[Adam Carter]

On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 3:26 PM Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com> wrote:

> Here we go again;
> https://mdsattacks.com/
>
> <snip?
>
> Sounds like AMD not affected.
>

AMD looks good;
$ uname -a
Linux proxy 5.1.2-gentoo #2 SMP Wed May 15 16:39:53 AEST 2019 x86_64 AMD
Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds
Not affected

$ uname -a
Linux phat 5.1.2-gentoo #1 SMP Wed May 15 16:31:06 AEST 2019 x86_64 AMD
FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds
Not affected

But the skylake;
$ uname -a
Linux nuc 5.1.2-gentoo #2 SMP Wed May 15 16:35:17 AEST 2019 x86_64 Intel(R)
Core(TM) i3-6100U CPU @ 2.30GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds
Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable