update spectre v2 microcodes blacklist
From: Alexander Sergeyev
Date: Sat Feb 10 2018 - 07:27:59 EST
Hello,
Intel released an updated microcode revision guidance [1] (8 Feb). The link is
available in press-release [2], but it's quite easy to miss.
Some microcode revisions that were blacklisted before are now tested and
pronounced production-ready:
Lines with â***â were previously recommended to discontinue use.
Subsequent testing by Intel has determined that these were unaffected
by the stability issues and have been re-released without
modification.
I didn't fully match the updated revision guidance and spectre_bad_microcodes[]
in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c, but at least microcode 0xc2 for intel skylakes
should not be blacklisted anymore.
The update is also revelant to a recent blacklist backport to 4.9-stable:
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10209021/
[1] https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/02/microcode-update-guidance.pdf
[2] https://newsroom.intel.com/news/security-issue-update-progress-continues-firmware-updates/