Re: [PATCH 0/2] net: socket: Fix potential spectre v1 gadgets

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Jul 29 2018 - 01:45:16 EST


From: Jeremy Cline <jcline@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:43:00 +0000

> This fixes a pair of potential spectre v1 gadgets.
>
> Note that because the speculation window is large, the policy is to stop
> the speculative out-of-bounds load and not worry if the attack can be
> completed with a dependent load or store[0].
>
> [0] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=152449131114778

Series applied, thank you.