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

[Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de>]

Hi,

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:10:14 +0000
Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> wrote:

(...)
> If anyone wants to check their (linux) system specifically for the
> current state of spectre+meltdown mitigation on a given machine then
> have a look here:
> 
> https://github.com/speed47/spectre-meltdown-checker
> 
> Really simple instructions are as follows:
(...)

With debian it is even simpler:

apt-get install spectre-meltdown-checker
sudo spectre-meltdown-checker

Regards

Michael


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