CPU Issues and Speculative Execution

Posted: January 28, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: CPU Issues, Linux kernel, Security, Uncategorized | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

http://smooth1.co.uk/security/CPU_issues.html

Updated Linux kernel patches and added HardenedBSD.

CPU Issues and Speculative Execution

Posted: January 22, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: CPU Issues, Linux kernel, Security | Tags: , , | Leave a comment

http://smooth1.co.uk/security/CPU_issues.html

added

  • Cloud Providers – Linode,Open Telekom Cloud
  • Hypervisor – QEMU
  • Operating Systems – FreeBSD,OpenBSD,Gentoo,Container Linux (CoreOS)
  • Userland – GCC compiler,WebKit
  • Misc Vendor fixes – Raspberry Pi

 

Updated Linux kernel patches with more information

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Windows Process Monitor

Posted: January 21, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Debugging, Uncategorized | Tags: | Leave a comment

Windows Proccess Monitor – https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/downloads/procmon

CPU Issues and Speculative Execution

Posted: January 21, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: CPU Issues, Security, Solaris | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

http://smooth1.co.uk/security/CPU_issues.html

added

  • Debian,Fedora
  • LLVM,ZFS,Lustre
  • Oracle Sparc,RISC-V
  • Oracle,Nexenta,Scality,Pure Storage,Wonderware,Rockwell Automation,Synology,F5,Qubes,Qubes,Fortinet,Netap

Updated Google cloud section to mention Retpoline a compile time fix for Variant 2 (part of  Spectre) with “almost no performance loss.”

CPU Issues and Speculative Execution

Posted: January 11, 2018 | Author: | Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

A comprehensive blog post on CPU Issues and Speculative Execution:

http://smooth1.co.uk/security/CPU_issues.html