Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

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On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:04:41 +0800 Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 02/19/18 21:51, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > What do these mean, and what is the needed mitigation, if any?
> 
> 
> Basically, it means that everything that can currently be done to lessen the chances
> of a security breach is being done.
> 
> Otherwise you may see something like...
> 
> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline - vulnerable module loaded
> 

I see, so I guess that I am missing the additional words that would be concerning then:


$ cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/*
Mitigation: PTI
Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
Mitigation: Full generic retpoline


Thanks!

Ranjan


> -- 
> A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out
> 


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