linux-kernel - Re: Linux 4.15-rc7

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:58:03 -0800
From:   vcaputo@...garu.com
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Olivier Galibert <galibert@...ox.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        jikos@...e.cz
Subject: Re: Linux 4.15-rc7

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:08:58PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 11:04 PM,  <vcaputo@...garu.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 09:11:38PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >
> >> - I haven't found a definite answer on whether Netburst-based CPUs
> >>   are affected by meltdown at all. Some people claim it's affected,
> >>   others say it's not. If the code from https://github.com/IAIK/meltdown
> >>   is successful on your Celeron D, then we know it's affected, if not,
> >>   then you could decide to not care about KPTI (Spectre would still
> >>   be an issue).
> >>
> >
> > I tried that when the code was first made public, but libkdump doesn't
> > support 32-bit; it's full of 64-bit register use in the assembly bits.
> 
> Apparently 32-bit support was added on Wednesday, maybe you
> can try again with today's version.
> 

Thanks for informing me of this, I hadn't noticed.

I just tried it out, and confirmed the Celeron D is vulnerable to
meltdown.

Regards,
Vito Caputo