Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/19/18 04:59, Stephen Morris wrote: >> >> strings /usr/lib/modules/4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64/extra/nvidia/nvidia.ko | >> grep gcc > > I get my nvidia source from the negativo17 repository and all this command > does is > list the version of gcc used And that was the entire purpose of asking t

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Stephen Morris
On 18/2/18 9:14 pm, François Patte wrote: Le 18/02/2018 à 10:54, Ed Greshko a écrit : On 02/18/18 17:01, François Patte wrote: $ strings /usr/lib/modules/4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64/extra/nvidia-340xx/nvidia.ko | grep gcc gcc version 7.2.1 20170915 (Red Hat 7.2.1-2) (GCC) OK.   I believe that RET

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Stephen Morris
On 18/2/18 8:28 am, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/18/18 05:12, François Patte wrote: Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit : On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote: returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline co

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Stephen Morris
On 17/2/18 10:59 pm, Ed Greshko wrote: On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote: I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time: kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline kernel: Spectre V2 : System may be vulnerable to s

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread François Patte
Le 18/02/2018 à 14:22, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/18/18 21:03, François Patte wrote: >> Le 18/02/2018 à 11:20, Ed Greshko a écrit : >>> On 02/18/18 18:14, François Patte wrote: fc27 is the last "stable" version of fedora, and gcc-7.3 seems to have a patch for retpoline, why the patched

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 21:55, François Patte wrote: > Le 18/02/2018 à 14:36, Ed Greshko a écrit : >> On 02/18/18 21:03, François Patte wrote: >>> but I am unable to reinstall virtualbox >> >> For the virtualbox drivers just run... >> >> sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup > This file (vboxdrv.sh) does n

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread François Patte
Le 18/02/2018 à 14:36, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/18/18 21:03, François Patte wrote: >> but I am unable to reinstall virtualbox > > > For the virtualbox drivers just run... > > sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup This file (vboxdrv.sh) does not exist on my system... Are we running the s

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 21:03, François Patte wrote: > but I am unable to reinstall virtualbox For the virtualbox drivers just run... sudo /usr/lib/virtualbox/vboxdrv.sh setup This will rebuild the modules for the running kernel only. -- A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out signature.asc Desc

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 21:03, François Patte wrote: > Le 18/02/2018 à 11:20, Ed Greshko a écrit : >> On 02/18/18 18:14, François Patte wrote: >>> fc27 is the last "stable" version of fedora, and gcc-7.3 seems to have a >>> patch for retpoline, why the patched version is not available in fedora >>> repos? >> >

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:03:31 +0100 François Patte wrote: > Le 18/02/2018 à 11:20, Ed Greshko a écrit : > > On 02/18/18 18:14, François Patte wrote: > >> fc27 is the last "stable" version of fedora, and gcc-7.3 seems to have a > >> patch for retpoline, why the patched version is not available in

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread François Patte
Le 18/02/2018 à 11:20, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/18/18 18:14, François Patte wrote: >> fc27 is the last "stable" version of fedora, and gcc-7.3 seems to have a >> patch for retpoline, why the patched version is not available in fedora >> repos? > > > What do you mean it isn't available in the

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 18:14, François Patte wrote: > fc27 is the last "stable" version of fedora, and gcc-7.3 seems to have a > patch for retpoline, why the patched version is not available in fedora > repos? What do you mean it isn't available in the repo?   That is where mine came from. [egreshko@meimei

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread François Patte
Le 18/02/2018 à 10:54, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/18/18 17:01, François Patte wrote: >> $ strings >> /usr/lib/modules/4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64/extra/nvidia-340xx/nvidia.ko | >> grep gcc >> >> gcc version 7.2.1 20170915 (Red Hat 7.2.1-2) (GCC) > > > OK.   I believe that RETPOLINE support isn't ava

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 17:01, François Patte wrote: > $ strings > /usr/lib/modules/4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64/extra/nvidia-340xx/nvidia.ko | > grep gcc > > gcc version 7.2.1 20170915 (Red Hat 7.2.1-2) (GCC) OK.   I believe that RETPOLINE support isn't available in that version of gcc. gcc-7.3.1-2.fc27   is the

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-18 Thread François Patte
Le 17/02/2018 à 22:28, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/18/18 05:12, François Patte wrote: >> Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit : >>> On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote: returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 14:58:22 -0800 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/17/2018 02:51 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > > It is going to be in a log file.  So, you look or don't look.  Up > > to you.  Go to /var/log and see how many other logs are generated > > that you never look at and contain stuff most people won't

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/17/2018 02:51 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: It is going to be in a log file.  So, you look or don't look.  Up to you.  Go to /var/log and see how many other logs are generated that you never look at and contain stuff most people won't understand. I'm not saying that it shouldn't be done, just th

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Todd Zullinger
Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/17/2018 02:32 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> If that's accepted, I or someone else can work on adding the >> same V=1 to the make command for the other nvidia-*-kmod >> packages. > > The question is, how many people would want to see the extra output or know > what to do with

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 06:41, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/17/2018 02:32 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: >> If that's accepted, I or someone else can work on adding the >> same V=1 to the make command for the other nvidia-*-kmod >> packages. > > The question is, how many people would want to see the extra output or know

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/17/2018 02:32 PM, Todd Zullinger wrote: If that's accepted, I or someone else can work on adding the same V=1 to the make command for the other nvidia-*-kmod packages. The question is, how many people would want to see the extra output or know what to do with it? I know people who'd hav

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 06:32, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Thanks for sending me on a fun hunt Ed. I sure am glad you did it.  I was too lazy.  Figured it works for vbox it "must" be the same for nVidia.  :-) :-) -- A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital si

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Todd Zullinger
Ed Greshko wrote: > On 02/18/18 05:12, François Patte wrote: >> Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit : >>> On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote: returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/17/18 23:48, François Patte wrote: >> Do you have any modules, such as a Wifi driver, that you've built yourself? > No! Well, vbox and nVidia do qualify.  :-)    See my other response. -- A motto of mine is: When in doubt, try it out signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 05:12, François Patte wrote: > Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit : >> On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote: >>> returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, >>> vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler >>> >>> As these mo

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread François Patte
Le 17/02/2018 à 20:31, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote: >> returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, >> vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler >> >> As these modules are compiled on board with gcc using akmod

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/18/18 02:10, François Patte wrote: > returns that virtualbox drivers (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp, > vboxpci) and nvidia driver were not compiled with a retpoline compiler > > As these modules are compiled on board with gcc using akmod, I suppose > that gcc is not a retpoline compiler

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread François Patte
Le 17/02/2018 à 18:11, Wolfgang Pfeiffer a écrit : > On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:25:06 +0100 > François Patte wrote: > >> Le 17/02/2018 à 12:59, Ed Greshko a écrit : >>> On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote: I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Wolfgang Pfeiffer
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:25:06 +0100 François Patte wrote: > Le 17/02/2018 à 12:59, Ed Greshko a écrit : > > On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote: > >> I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel > >> (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time: > >> > >> kernel: Spectre V2

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread François Patte
Le 17/02/2018 à 14:32, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/17/18 20:25, François Patte wrote: >>> [egreshko@acer vulnerabilities]$ cat spectre_v2 >>> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline >> this one gives: >> >> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline - vulnerable module loaded >> >> But does not give the module

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/17/18 20:25, François Patte wrote: >> [egreshko@acer vulnerabilities]$ cat spectre_v2 >> Mitigation: Full generic retpoline > this one gives: > > Mitigation: Full generic retpoline - vulnerable module loaded > > But does not give the module name!! Do you have any modules, such as a Wifi dri

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread François Patte
Le 17/02/2018 à 12:59, Ed Greshko a écrit : > On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote: >> I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel >> (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time: >> >> kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline >> kernel: Spectre V2 : System may

Re: warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread Ed Greshko
On 02/17/18 18:12, François Patte wrote: > I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel > (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time: > > kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline > kernel: Spectre V2 : System may be vulnerable to spectre v2 > > What do they mean a

warning about spectre with last kernel update

2018-02-17 Thread François Patte
Bonjour, I just updated f27 and the new installed kernel (4.15.3-300.fc27.x86_64), sends these messages at boot time: kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline kernel: Spectre V2 : System may be vulnerable to spectre v2 What do they mean and what to do? Waiting for next kernel upda