64-bit ARM Gets Mitigations For Spectre & Meltdown With Linux 4.16

[phoronix]

Phoronix: 64-bit ARM Gets Mitigations For Spectre & Meltdown With Linux 4.16

The 64-bit ARM (ARM64 / AArch64) architecture code changes were mailed in a short time ago for the Linux 4.16 kernel and it includes mitigation work for Spectre and Meltdown CPU vulnerabilities...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...M64-Linux-4.16

[cRaZy-bisCuiT]

I guess it will take ~one decade to arrive on android phones.

[FireBurn]

I guess it will take ~one decade to arrive on android phones.

That's funny, my phone got mitigations against Spectre and Meltdown at the start of the month

[duby229]

That's funny, my phone got mitigations against Spectre and Meltdown at the start of the month

My phone got them already too.

[caligula]

I guess it will take ~one decade to arrive on android phones.

Why did you pay for closed source? It's basically your own fault.

[hugo8621]

That's funny, my phone got mitigations against Spectre and Meltdown at the start of the month

may I ask what phone OS that is?

[Kayote]

Lineage OS got the patch on nightly. Patch Level is from 5th January. I guess it's ok right??

[Kayote]

not this patch I mean google mitigation patch.

[FireBurn]

may I ask what phone OS that is?

Android 8.1 January Patch

[RelaxTrolls]

Lineage OS got the patch on nightly. Patch Level is from 5th January. I guess it's ok right??

what device do you have?? - it would be pretty easy to verify by looking on github at the kernel sources...

I find it a bit odd that some devices are shipping this patch set - the last related patches and fix ups for kpti landed in AOSP on Jan 19th, IIRC... which is obviously way after Jan 5th....

google also didn't apply the patchset to the pixel line for Jan update.