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News Intel CPUs hit by four more security flaws

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by bit-tech, 15 May 2019.

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  1. Wakka

    Wakka Yo, eat this, ya?

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    Funded?
     
    Wakka, 16 May 2019
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  2. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Rebooted after installing the new kernel, ran the Spectre-checker script, and according to that AMD parts aren't affected:

    Code:
    CVE-2018-12126 aka 'Fallout, microarchitectural store buffer data sampling (MSBDS)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Not affected)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  UNKNOWN  (is cpuid module loaded?)
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (found md_clear implementation evidence in kernel image)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  NO
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Not affected)

CVE-2018-12130 aka 'ZombieLoad, microarchitectural fill buffer data sampling (MFBDS)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Not affected)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  UNKNOWN  (is cpuid module loaded?)
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (found md_clear implementation evidence in kernel image)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  NO
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Not affected)

CVE-2018-12127 aka 'RIDL, microarchitectural load port data sampling (MLPDS)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Not affected)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  UNKNOWN  (is cpuid module loaded?)
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (found md_clear implementation evidence in kernel image)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  NO
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Not affected)

CVE-2019-11091 aka 'RIDL, microarchitectural data sampling uncacheable memory (MDSUM)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Not affected)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  UNKNOWN  (is cpuid module loaded?)
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (found md_clear implementation evidence in kernel image)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  NO
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Not affected)
    EDIT: Inb4 "what does some random script know:" it's the Linux kernel that's reporting my Ryzen chip isn't affected, the script's just reporting that fact.

    EDIT EDIT:     Same script, Intel laptop:

    Code:
    CVE-2018-12126 aka 'Fallout, microarchitectural store buffer data sampling (MSBDS)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  YES
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (md_clear found in /proc/cpuinfo)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  YES
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)

CVE-2018-12130 aka 'ZombieLoad, microarchitectural fill buffer data sampling (MFBDS)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  YES
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (md_clear found in /proc/cpuinfo)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  YES
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)

CVE-2018-12127 aka 'RIDL, microarchitectural load port data sampling (MLPDS)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  YES
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (md_clear found in /proc/cpuinfo)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  YES
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)

CVE-2019-11091 aka 'RIDL, microarchitectural data sampling uncacheable memory (MDSUM)'
* Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)
* CPU supports the MD_CLEAR functionality:  YES
* Kernel supports using MD_CLEAR mitigation:  YES  (md_clear found in /proc/cpuinfo)
* Kernel mitigation is enabled and active:  YES
* SMT is either mitigated or disabled:  NO
> STATUS:  NOT VULNERABLE  (Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable)
     
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    Gareth Halfacree, 16 May 2019
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  3. edzieba

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    Does the 'Spectre checker script' actually attempt the attacks and report the results, or does it look for the presence (or absence) of known vulnerable hardware and known kernal and microcode patches against an internal list?
     
    edzieba, 16 May 2019
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  4. Gareth Halfacree

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  5. Wakka

    Wakka Yo, eat this, ya?

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    A decent IPC uplift and clock boost on Zen 2 and we could very well see clock-for-clock parity in a lot of use cases in a few months... That will hurt Intel a lot.
     
    Wakka, 20 May 2019
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  6. Tyinsar

    Tyinsar 6 screens 1 card since Nov 17 2007

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  7. Tyinsar

    Tyinsar 6 screens 1 card since Nov 17 2007

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    Indeed but I find it disconcerting that they make no mention of if on their microcode update lists. I'm pretty sure these processors aren't immune to the flaws. I'd really like to see an official list that includes them as getting the microcode updates.
     
    Tyinsar, 24 May 2019
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  8. Pretizx

    Pretizx What's a Dremel?

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    Intel and its vulnerabilities:duh::duh:
     
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