643360 – Intel security bug: Leak of protected kernel space

Bug 643360 - Intel security bug: Leak of protected kernel space

Summary: Intel security bug: Leak of protected kernel space

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 643352

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Kernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 All

Importance:	High major with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Kernel Security

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Reported:	2018-01-04 02:53 UTC by Peter Levine
Modified:	2018-01-04 13:53 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Peter Levine 2018-01-04 02:53:54 UTC

Meltdown Bug - https://meltdownattack.com/

Relevant article - https://hothardware.com/news/intel-cpu-bug-kernel-memory-isolation-linux-windows-macos

Upstream commits - 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c?id=a89f040fa34ec9cd682aed98b8f04e3c47d998bd and https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c?id=694d99d40972f12e59a3696effee8a376b79d7c8

Comment 1 Brian Evans (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-01-04 13:53:13 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 643352 ***