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

[Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de>]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:40:00 +0000
Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> wrote:

(...)
> > * Mitigation 2
> >   * Kernel compiled with retpoline option:  YES
> >   * Kernel compiled with a retpoline-aware compiler:  YES  (kernel
> > reports full retpoline compilation)
> > > STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: Full AMD retpoline)
> >
> 
> ​That is a bit topsy turvy....
> 
> But maybe it's saying that the compilation did work after all.

I cannot see anything topsy-turvy in the output of that command, it
clearly says that the mitigation for "spectre-2" is in place (as well as
the mitigations for "spectre-1" and "meltdown"). So as far as I can see,
since yesterday's updates this whole discussion seems quite obsolete now.

Regards

Michael

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