On Wed, 2018-01-03 at 21:49 -0700, Brendan Conoboy wrote: > This is probably where the "AMD is safe" rumor started, but that is > only 1/3, maybe 2/3. Now that the context is public let's be clear: > even AMD processors are vulnerable without the patched kernel Adam has > asked for help testing. AIUI, the kernel update released today only addresses one of the known vuln variants - CVE-2017-5754 , or "Meltdown". It does not address CVE- 2017-5753 or CVE-2017-5715. My understanding is that the "AMD is safe" belief basically stems from the initial public reports of this (early on 2018-01-03 US time) talking mainly or exclusively about CVE-2017-5754, as if it were the *only* variant discovered. As the day progressed, Google's blog post with more accurate information was posted and disseminated, but the news stories (particularly the grossly simplified ones in the mainstream media and less technical 'tech' press) mostly missed this. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
