Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-20 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 02/20/2018 12:39 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/20/18 15:51, Paul Allen Newell wrote: In earlier email in this thread, you stated: Yes.  As long as you don't have kernel modules which were built with a non-patched gcc. ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/* cat

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-20 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/20/18 15:51, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > In earlier email in this thread, you stated: > > Yes.  As long as you don't have kernel modules which were built with a > non-patched gcc. > > ls /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/* > > cat

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Paul Allen Newell
On 02/19/2018 06:04 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/19/18 21:51, Ranjan Maitra wrote: What do these mean, and what is the needed mitigation, if any? Basically, it means that everything that can currently be done to lessen the chances of a security breach is being done. Otherwise you may see

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:04:41 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 02/19/18 21:51, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > What do these mean, and what is the needed mitigation, if any? > > > Basically, it means that everything that can currently be done to lessen the > chances > of a

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/19/18 21:51, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > What do these mean, and what is the needed mitigation, if any? Basically, it means that everything that can currently be done to lessen the chances of a security breach is being done. Otherwise you may see something like... Mitigation: Full generic

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Mine are stock Fedora kernels, updated to the latest. On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:44:09 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 02/19/18 20:14, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > > What are the patches that I can download and install to be protected > > against the Meltdown and

Re: Is Fedora Linux protected against the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws?

2018-02-19 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/19/18 20:14, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > What are the patches that I can download and install to be protected > against the Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities? (Resend to List, oops) Yes.  As long as you don't have kernel modules which were built with a non-patched