from the tail end of the theregister article... *PS: It appears 64-bit ARM Linux kernels will also get <https://lwn.net/Articles/740393/> a set of KAISER patches, completely splitting the kernel and user spaces, to block attempts to defeat KASLR. We'll be following up this week.*
On 3 January 2018 at 20:03, Erik Christiansen via luv-main < [email protected]> wrote: > On 03.01.18 15:11, Arjen Lentz via luv-main wrote: > > This raises the interesting question: will distros start to provide > > separate kernel packages for Intel and AMD CPUs. I'd guess they will, > > as the performance hit of the KPTI workaround is significant. > > > > I use AMD desktops and servers at my home office, and naturally I'd > > like to keep the performance they deliver. > > Sadly, the AMD cpus have a variant of the Intel Management Engine > lurking under the hood, with a further unknown vulnerability level, just > like Intel. (Oh, OK, the Remote Elevation of Privilege bug (SA-00075) is > known, but the rest aren't - yet.) > > Erik > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main > -- Dr Paul van den Bergen
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