This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed- yakkety' to 'verification-done-yakkety'.
If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you! ** Tags added: verification-needed-yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1591804 Title: [Feature] Purley: Memory Protection Keys Status in intel: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Yakkety: Fix Committed Status in linux source package in Zesty: Fix Released Bug description: Memory Protection Keys for Userspace (PKU aka PKEYs) is a Skylake-SP server feature that provides a mechanism for enforcing page-based protections, but without requiring modification of the page tables when an application changes protection domains. It works by dedicating 4 previously ignored bits in each page table entry to a "protection key", giving 16 possible keys. There is also a new user-accessible register (PKRU) with two separate bits (Access Disable and Write Disable) for each key.Being a CPU register, PKRU is inherently thread-local,potentially giving each thread a different set of protectionsfrom every other thread. There are two new instructions (RDPKRU/WRPKRU) for reading and writing to the new register. The feature is only available in 64-bit mode, even though there is theoretically space in the PAE PTEs. These permissions are enforced on data access only and have no effect on instruction fetches. HW: Purley Upstream status: v4.6 kernel implement basic and execute-only support v4.9 kernel will have new interface To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/intel/+bug/1591804/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
