On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 03:20:48PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/04/2018 01:31 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > Note that saying "The CPU isn't vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre, therefor > > the 4.1 kernel is OK" is *incredibly* wrong. > > > > For the record, since 4.1 came out, there's been at *least* a dozen security > > issues in the Linux kernel that have been a *lot* scarier for security > > professionals than the Meltdown/Spectre issue. That only got any news > > coverage > > because it was an actual hardware design flaw that was believed to be > > difficult > > to easily fix with software changes... > > By this standard, it is necessary to update the kernel and reboot nearly > every week. Is that right?
That is correct. greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
