Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown

To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown
From: Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:30:47 +0000
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On 29 January 2018 at 13:26, <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:

On Monday, January 29, 2018 06:22:50 AM Michael Fothergill wrote:
> I accept that are some kernels that you could run in stable apparently
> that address the security issue etc.

Do they work on spectre as well as meltdown?

Sorry for not replying on the site by mistake.

Regards

I'd go a step further--it's not some (random) kernels that you could run, but
it is the updated kernels (now, and unless a regression, going forward) that
will have the fix(es) and will run "automatically" (perhaps after a reboot).

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- Re: Kernel for Spectre and Meltdown
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