On 23 February 2018 at 14:05, mlnl <m...@mailbox.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > ​Can it be true?  A version of gcc that runs on stretch that will
> > compile the latest fancy spectre fixes etc?
>
> with latest vanilla kernel 4.15.4 and updated gcc-6:
>
> CVE-2017-5753 [bounds check bypass] aka 'Spectre Variant 1'
> * Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (kernel confirms that
> the mitigation is active)
> * Kernel has array_index_mask_nospec:  YES  (1 occurence(s) found of 64
> bits array_index_mask_nospec())
> > STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization)
>
> CVE-2017-5715 [branch target injection] aka 'Spectre Variant 2'
> * Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (kernel confirms that
> the mitigation is active)
> * Mitigation 1
>   * Kernel is compiled with IBRS/IBPB support:  NO
>   * Currently enabled features
>     * IBRS enabled for Kernel space:  NO
>     * IBRS enabled for User space:  NO
>     * IBPB enabled:  NO
> * Mitigation 2
>   * Kernel compiled with retpoline option:  YES
>   * Kernel compiled with a retpoline-aware compiler:  YES  (kernel
> reports full retpoline compilation)
>   * Retpoline enabled:  NO
> > STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: Full generic retpoline)
>
> CVE-2017-5754 [rogue data cache load] aka 'Meltdown' aka 'Variant 3'
> * Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (kernel confirms that
> the mitigation is active)
> * Kernel supports Page Table Isolation (PTI):  YES
> * PTI enabled and active:  YES
> * Running as a Xen PV DomU:  NO
> > STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: PTI)
>
​
Absolutely whale harpooned it....

Great stuff.

Cheers

MF
​

>
> grep bugs /proc/cpuinfo
> bugs            : cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2
> model name      : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz
>
>
>
> stepping        : 3
>
>
>
> microcode       : 0x22
>
> --
> mlnl
>
>

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