This was addressed in https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3548-1/ in Ubuntu 17.10 for the linux kernel, and in https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3548-2/ for the linux-hwe and other backport kernels.
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Released ** Also affects: linux-hwe (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux-hwe (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: linux-hwe (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Critical -- 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/1745564 Title: coding error in retpoline for system call entry in Ubuntu 4.13.0-31 kernels Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux-hwe package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Logic error came from the following commit, looks to be introduced at 4.13.0-27: commit d2e0236f395e876f5303fb5021e4fe6eea881402 Author: Tim Chen <tim.c.c...@linux.intel.com> Date: Wed Nov 8 16:30:06 2017 -0800 x86/entry: Use retpoline for syscall's indirect calls $ git describe --contains d2e0236f395e876f5303fb5021e4fe6eea881402 Ubuntu-4.13.0-27.30~42 This patch was included in one of the proposed patchsets to mitigate spectre, but was superceded in later ones which did not contain the error, and did not land in the upstream kernel. It does not affect the 4.4 derived or earlier kernels. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1745564/+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