I agree, something isn't right. I'm 99% sure those registry keys weren't in the article last week for workstation OS.
Rod, you got some pull with MS, ask them what the deal is.. hah. Rob From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Illner Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 11:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [mssms] RE: Confused - Spectre / Meltdown My understanding was that those keys were just for the ServerOS? I have a Dell laptop that I completed all the tasks for and it does not have the memory management keys and yet it shows as all green in SpeculationControl? Come on MS, your information is changing hourly as each team contradicts the other BRIAN ILLNER | Canal Insurance Company 864.250.9227 864.679.2537 Fax [cid:[email protected]] Visit canalinsurance.com<http://canalinsurance.com> for news and information. [cid:[email protected]]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/canal-insurance-company> WARNING: As the information in this transmittal (including attachments, if any) may contain confidential, proprietary, or business trade secret information, it should only be reviewed by those who are the intended recipients. Unless you are an intended recipient, any review, use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this transmittal (or any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmittal in error, please notify me immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the transmittal. While Canal believes this transmittal to be free of virus or other defect, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by Canal (or its subsidiaries and affiliates) for any loss or damage arising therefrom. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kent, Mark Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 11:00 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] RE: Confused - Spectre / Meltdown Yeah I see them at the bottom of https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4073119/protect-against-speculative-execution-side-channel-vulnerabilities-in And they don't really say what they are for. Keep refreshing the page, wait for an edit :) Mark Kent Manager, Client Systems Engineering Technology Support Services Resources for Information, Technology and Education (RITE) http://rite.buffalostate.edu<http://rite.buffalostate.edu/> From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of SCCM FUN Sent: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 10:02 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [mssms] Confused - Spectre / Meltdown Can anyone confirm the following? Workstation/Servers - both need the AV key in order to do any patching going forward Workstation At one point in the MS article for workstation patching (4073119) I could of sworn there wasn't anything about having to making registry settings (except for AV) but now it looks like they added 2 registry keys. Were these 2 reg keys always in the KB/needed? reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v FeatureSettingsOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v FeatureSettingsOverrideMask /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f Server 3 reg keys need to be added for the server patch to take effect. Are you enabling this on all your servers or just the 3 use cases they list in their article (4072698). reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v FeatureSettingsOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management" /v FeatureSettingsOverrideMask /t REG_DWORD /d 3 /f reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization" /v MinVmVersionForCpuBasedMitigations /t REG_SZ /d "1.0" /f Thanks
