Fedora 27 : kernel (2018-21a7ad920c)

The 4.14.13 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. This is also the first update to contain some spectre mitigations. Some patches for variant 1 as well as the initial retpoline build for variant 2. These variant 2 mitigations will improve with further patches,...

Experts Weigh In On Spectre Patch Challenges

The race to patch against the Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities disclosed last week is on. As of today, there are no known exploits in the wild impacting vulnerable Intel, AMD and ARM devices. Currently, vendors are focused on three main mitigation efforts. Patches that address the...