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Checking the Ubuntu Linux kernel updates on Spectre and Meltdown (22 February 2018)

In the post Checking the Ubuntu Linux kernel updates on Spectre and Meltdown we saw the initial support of countermeasures in the Ubuntu Linux kernel for Spectre and Meltdown. Here is the output of the spectre-meltdown-checker script when I run it on 26th January 2018 (Ubuntu Linux kernel HWE 4.13.0.32), Today there was a kernel update …

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Checking the Ubuntu Linux kernel updates on Spectre and Meltdown

Here is the status page for the Ubuntu updates on Spectre and Meltdown. For a background on these vulnerabilities, see the Meltdown and Spectre Attacks website. In this post we are trying out the Spectre & Meltdown Checker on different versions of the stock Ubuntu Linux kernel. Trying the Spectre & Meltdown Checker before any …

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