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Re: Status of Intel CET in Debian



Hi Stephan,

On 2025-10-15 07:38, Stephan Verbücheln wrote:
> According to the Trixie release notes, Debian 13 has introduced
> hardening against ROP attacks using Intel CET (Control-flow Enforcement
> Technology, and similar technologies on other CPUs).
> 
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/release-notes/whats-new.html#hardening-against-rop-and-cop-jop-attacks-on-amd64-and-arm64
> 
> However, when I check with fwupdmgr, it says: “Not supported”
> 
> > fwupdmgr security
> [...]
> > HSI-3
> > ✔ CET Platform:                  Supported
> [...]
> > Runtime Suffix -!
> > ✘ CET OS Support:                Not supported

There is still some work to be done, at least on the glibc side, as
Guillem mentioned here:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1114518

ciao,
  ema


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