On 12/01/2018 15:36, Robert Dinse wrote: > I'm hoping someone can tell me where to find patches for gcc-8 > that add the various options necessary for mitigating Spectre in > compilation of a Linux kernel? https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GCC-8-Patches-Spectre https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2018-01/msg00422.html "Retpoline: a software construct for preventing branch-target-injection" https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886 The post that started it all: "Reading privileged memory with a side-channel" https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html Follow-up to the original post: "More details about mitigations for the CPU Speculative Execution issue" https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/more-details-about-mitigations-for-cpu_4.html Mainstream coverage: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-unveils-new-retpoline-coding-technique-for-mitigating-spectre-attacks/ Regards.
