Source: linux Source-Version: 4.9.65-3+deb9u2 Tags: patch -- Hi, beginning January a patch series has been sent on the LKML which include a patch to prevent the Meltdown vulnerability on some Power machines : https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/8/649 This series has been upstreamed and a few days ago, the backport to 4.9 stable kernel been included : https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/log/?h=linux-4.9.y&qt=grep&q=powerpc powerpc/64s: Allow control of RFI flush via debugfs powerpc/64s: Wire up cpu_show_meltdown() powerpc/powernv: Check device-tree for RFI flush settings powerpc/pseries: Query hypervisor for RFI flush settings powerpc/64s: Support disabling RFI flush with no_rfi_flush and nopti powerpc/64s: Add support for RFI flush of L1-D cache powerpc/64s: Convert slb_miss_common to use RFI_TO_USER/KERNEL powerpc/64: Convert the syscall exit path to use RFI_TO_USER/KERNEL powerpc/64: Convert fast_exception_return to use RFI_TO_USER/KERNEL powerpc/64: Add macros for annotating the destination of rfid/hrfid powerpc/pseries: Add H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS flags & wrapper This will be available in 4.9.81 but given the CVE associated ( https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5754 ) it may be included in debian stable 4.9.65-3+deb9u2 maybe ? Regards, F.
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