Since posting this 18 hours ago, Apple has changed the text yet again[0] to apparently indicate that the fix was NOT included in El Capitan and Sierra Security

Since posting this 18 hours ago, Apple has changed the text yet again[0] to apparently indicate that the fix was NOT included in El Capitan and Sierra Security Updates: > Kernel > Available for: macOS High Sierra 10.13.1 > Impact: An application may be able to read kernel memory > Description: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache. > CVE-2017-5754: Jann Horn of Google Project Zero, Werner Haas and Thomas Prescher of Cyberus Technology GmbH, and Daniel Gruss, Moritz Lipp, Stefan Mangard and Michael Schwarz from Graz University of Technology > Entry updated January 5, 2018 [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16081146 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16081146