[Bug 1765040] Re: Runtime microcode updates do not expose new features completely

2018-04-20 Thread Jamie Iles
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[Bug 1765040] Re: Runtime microcode updates do not expose new features completely

2018-04-18 Thread Jamie Iles
No applicable logs for this. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765040 Title: Runtime microcode updates do not expos

[Bug 1765040] [NEW] Runtime microcode updates do not expose new features completely

2018-04-18 Thread Jamie Iles
Public bug reported: Unlike upstream, the artful kernel uses the scattered CPU bits arch/x86/kernel/cpu/scattered.c to get the IBRS/IBPB CPUID bits in the KVM CPUID ioctls(). However, these are not updated when loading new microcode at run-time. This means that if you boot a system with older mi