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Re: patch openSUSE-2019-1806 fails to mitigate CVE-2018-12126/CVE-2018-12130/
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On 13/02/2020 08.30, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 08:29:53PM -0800, PGNet Dev wrote: >> This security update >> >> https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00052.html >> >> >> addresses ... >> on an old, but otherwise functional, laptop, >> >> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -i "model name" model name : Intel(R) >> Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz ... >> a check with >> >> spectre-meltdown-checker.sh --version Spectre and Meltdown >> mitigation detection tool v0.43 >> >> returns ... >> and >> >> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds Vulnerable: Clear >> CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled >> >> what additional mitigation, &/or specific microcode update is >> required to complete the mitigations? > > A newer processor. :/ > > Sadly, Intel does not provide updated microcode for older > processors. Doesn't the Linux kernel include other mitigations besides Intel provided microcode? If only new processors are covered by them, we are doomed. :-( -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar) |
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On 13/02/2020 11.54, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 11:41:16AM +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote: >> On 13/02/2020 08.30, Marcus Meissner wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 08:29:53PM -0800, PGNet Dev wrote: >>>> This security update >>>> >>>> >> https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00052.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> addresses >> >> ... >> >>>> on an old, but otherwise functional, laptop, >>>> >>>> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -i "model name" model name : >>>> Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz >> >> ... >> >>>> a check with >>>> >>>> spectre-meltdown-checker.sh --version Spectre and Meltdown >>>> mitigation detection tool v0.43 >>>> >>>> returns >> >> ... >> >>>> and >>>> >>>> cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds Vulnerable: >>>> Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled >>>> >>>> what additional mitigation, &/or specific microcode update is >>>> required to complete the mitigations? >>> >>> A newer processor. :/ >>> >>> Sadly, Intel does not provide updated microcode for older >>> processors. >> >> Doesn't the Linux kernel include other mitigations besides Intel >> provided microcode? >> >> If only new processors are covered by them, we are doomed. :-( > > Some of the processor mitigations can be done in software, like > retpolines or spectre v1 and v3 like fixes, or L1TF baremetal > fixes. > > Others need CPU Microcode help, and yes, these are then > problematic. > > The major ones like Meltdown, SPectre v1, v2 are covered by > software only solutions, the rest has a smaller impact. > > If you are just using this as your home machine or laptop, no need > to worry. Thanks. Well, I'm replacing my main desktop machine (because of other reasons), but the new CPU will be a AMD Ryzen, because of these problems. Intel now scares me. And the mitigations make them slower. But I have other machines I can not replace, and one of them is reachable from Internet via ssh: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU N3710 @ 1.60GHz > Realistic attack scenarios include multiuser servers, either with > untrusted users or untrusted VMs. No, nothing like that. Unless we consider Apache to be vulnerable, as the users are unknown. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar) |
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