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“Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

Started byCurt <curty@free.fr>
First post2018-01-04 18:30 +0100
Last post2018-01-04 19:20 +0100
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  “Meltdown” and  “Spectre”: Every modern processor has  unfixable security flaws Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-04 18:30 +0100
    Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-04 18:40 +0100
    Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 18:50 +0100
      Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-04 19:00 +0100
        Re: “Meltdown” and  “Spectre”: Every modern processor has  unfixable security flaws Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2018-01-04 19:20 +0100
          Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-04 19:30 +0100
        Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 19:40 +0100
          Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 20:00 +0100
        Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws Jack Dangler <tdldev@gmail.com> - 2018-01-05 13:50 +0100
          Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has  unfixable security flaws <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-05 14:00 +0100
            Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-01-05 14:50 +0100
              Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor has unfixable  security flaws <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-05 15:40 +0100
                Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2018-01-05 16:50 +0100
                  Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor has unfixable  security flaws <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-05 17:10 +0100
                  [OFFTOPIC] Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-01-05 19:10 +0100
                    Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor  has unfixable security flaws SDA <marathon.durandal@gmail.com> - 2018-01-08 02:40 +0100
                      Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor  has unfixable security flaws Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-01-08 11:30 +0100
                      Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: "Meltdown" and "Spectre": Every modern processor  has unfixable security flaws Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2018-01-08 13:10 +0100
            Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2018-01-05 17:40 +0100
              Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has  unfixable security flaws <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-01-05 17:50 +0100
              [OFFTOPIC] Re: “Meltdown” and  “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable  security flaws Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-01-05 19:10 +0100
    Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws francis picabia <fpicabia@gmail.com> - 2018-01-04 19:10 +0100
      Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws bw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-04 19:20 +0100
      Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-01-04 19:20 +0100

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#190693 — [OFFTOPIC] Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

FromStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Date2018-01-05 19:10 +0100
Subject[OFFTOPIC] Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws
Message-ID<v4EBk-7a0-9@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#190687
> Is it correct to call branch prediction the same as speculative execution?

Not really: they're closely related yet different.


        Stefan

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#190660 — Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

Fromfrancis picabia <fpicabia@gmail.com>
Date2018-01-04 19:10 +0100
SubjectRe: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws
Message-ID<v4i7M-Fs-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#190656

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On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:

> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-every-modern-
> processor-has-unfixable-security-fladdws/U
>
>
> TL;DR
>
>  Windows, Linux, and macOS have all received security patches that
>  significantly alter how the operating systems handle virtual memory in
>  order to protect against a hitherto undisclosed flaw.
>

AKA
CVE-2017-5754

Debian does not have this released as a kernel update yet in any release at
this time.

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5754

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#190661 — Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

Frombw <bwtnguy@yahoo.com>
Date2018-01-04 19:20 +0100
SubjectRe: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws
Message-ID<v4ihs-Jn-11@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#190660

On Thu, 4 Jan 2018, francis picabia wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> 
> > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-every-modern-
> > processor-has-unfixable-security-fladdws/U
> 
> Debian does not have this released as a kernel update yet in any release at
> this time.
> 

It says right there in the link:
every-modern-processor-has-unfixable-security-fladdws

So they must be right.  What are security-fladdws, is tht a typo?

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#190663 — Re: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws

FromThe Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
Date2018-01-04 19:20 +0100
SubjectRe: “Meltdown” and “Spectre”: Every modern processor has unfixable security flaws
Message-ID<v4ihs-Jn-15@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#190660

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On 2018-01-04 at 13:06, francis picabia wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> 
>> https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-every-modern-
>> processor-has-unfixable-security-fladdws/U
>>
>>
>> TL;DR
>>
>>  Windows, Linux, and macOS have all received security patches that
>>  significantly alter how the operating systems handle virtual memory in
>>  order to protect against a hitherto undisclosed flaw.
> 
> AKA
> CVE-2017-5754

That's the CVE for just one of the vulnerabilities: Meltdown.

Spectre has two separate CVEs: CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715

> Debian does not have this released as a kernel update yet in any release at
> this time.
> 
> https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5754

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5753
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5715

Same.

If I recall what I read earlier correctly, kernel 4.15 contains the
Meltdown mitigation, but no system-wide fix for Spectre is expected to
be possible.

-- 
   The Wanderer

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.         -- George Bernard Shaw

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