Private bug reported: Booting a Precise or Trusty kernel on an SMT system with mds=full,nosmt results in the following incorrect warning being emitted:
[ 0.076019] MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Information type changed from Public to Private ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Trusty) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1830018 Title: MDS: Incorrect warning when booting with 'nosmt' Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in linux source package in Precise: New Status in linux source package in Trusty: New Bug description: Booting a Precise or Trusty kernel on an SMT system with mds=full,nosmt results in the following incorrect warning being emitted: [ 0.076019] MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1830018/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
