@Breno since the missing commits are only for improved reporting of vulnerability status, does IBM consider them to be needed for Ubuntu 14.04's 3.13 kernel? (Ubuntu 17.10's 4.13 kernel will go EoL soon so it probably won't receive the changes)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1760099 Title: Additional spectre and meltdown patches Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: In Progress Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Trusty: Triaged Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Artful: Triaged Status in linux source package in Bionic: Fix Released Bug description: == Comment: #0 - Breno Leitao <bren...@br.ibm.com> - 2018-03-29 08:53:56 == Hi Canonical, There are some additional patches for Spectre and Meltdown that is required on ppc64el. We would need to have them included on all Ubuntu kernels. This is the patch series: [v2,10/10] powerpc/64s: Wire up cpu_show_spectre_v2() [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,09/10] powerpc/64s: Wire up cpu_show_spectre_v1() [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,08/10] powerpc/pseries: Use the security flags in pseries_setup_rfi_flush() [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,07/10] powerpc/powernv: Use the security flags in pnv_setup_rfi_flush() [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,06/10] powerpc/64s: Enhance the information in cpu_show_meltdown() [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,05/10] powerpc/64s: Move cpu_show_meltdown() [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,04/10] powerpc/powernv: Set or clear security feature flags [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,03/10] powerpc/pseries: Set or clear security feature flags [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,02/10] powerpc/pseries: Add new H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS flags [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc- dev/list/?series=36012&state=* == Comment: #1 - Breno Leitao <bren...@br.ibm.com> - 2018-03-29 08:55:48 == This is a better formatted patch series list: [v2,10/10] powerpc/64s: Wire up cpu_show_spectre_v2() [v2,09/10] powerpc/64s: Wire up cpu_show_spectre_v1() [v2,08/10] powerpc/pseries: Use the security flags in pseries_setup_rfi_flush() [v2,07/10] powerpc/powernv: Use the security flags in pnv_setup_rfi_flus() [v2,06/10] powerpc/64s: Enhance the information in cpu_show_meltdown() [v2,05/10] powerpc/64s: Move cpu_show_meltdown() [v2,04/10] powerpc/powernv: Set or clear security feature flags [v2,03/10] powerpc/pseries: Set or clear security feature flags [v2,02/10] powerpc/pseries: Add new H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS flags [v2,01/10] powerpc: Add security feature flags for Spectre/Meltdown To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1760099/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
