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DATE | 2018-03-04 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Year 2038 time set problem
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On 03/04/2018 01:31 PM, valdis.kletnieks-at-vt.edu wrote: > Note that saying "The CPU isn't vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre, therefor > the 4.1 kernel is OK" is *incredibly* wrong. > > For the record, since 4.1 came out, there's been at *least* a dozen security > issues in the Linux kernel that have been a *lot* scarier for security > professionals than the Meltdown/Spectre issue. That only got any news coverage > because it was an actual hardware design flaw that was believed to be difficult > to easily fix with software changes...
By this standard, it is necessary to update the kernel and reboot nearly every week. Is that right?
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