linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] phonet: af_phonet: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability

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Message-ID: <2534569.ObK2OKVxXI@philogene>
Date:   Sat, 22 Dec 2018 11:35:18 +0200
From:   Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi@...lab.net>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
Cc:     Remi Denis-Courmont <courmisch@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phonet: af_phonet: Fix Spectre v1 vulnerability

Le vendredi 21 décembre 2018, 23:41:17 EET Gustavo A. R. Silva a écrit :
> protocol is indirectly controlled by user-space, hence leading to
> a potential exploitation of the Spectre variant 1 vulnerability.

No objections but AFAIR, only privileged userspace can trigger that code so 
the impact is kinda limited.

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont