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Message-ID: <20180130215731.pszc5u4gcc32ds4v@pd.tnic>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 22:57:31 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>, arjan@...ux.intel.com,
tglx@...utronix.de, karahmed@...zon.de, x86@...nel.org,
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pbonzini@...hat.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/speculation: Use Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier
in context switch
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 01:03:20PM -0800, Tim Chen wrote:
> So it doesn't seem to be very practical attack if the victim has set
> itself to be non-dumpable.
Probably, but considering how cheap our fix is, we might just as well
plug that hole too.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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