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Yeah ME is a scary thing also. WRT Linux, well my Xubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) is on 4.10 and no new kernels are available to ma ATM. So if they're going to patch m

by gkya 9y ago

Yeah ME is a scary thing also. WRT Linux, well my Xubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) is on 4.10 and no new kernels are available to ma ATM. So if they're going to patch my OS, that's probably going to be a backport to that version, not the latest release integrated to my OS version. I guess that's what caused this bug too, although I admit I only skimmed the conversation linked.

jlgaddis 9y ago
They've put out updates for 4.4 and 4.13 (HWE) for 16.04, if that helps. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAndMeltdown https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SpectreAn...
- gkya 9y ago
  I'm guessing that updates for LTS kernel will come later. I don't know if I can update to 4.13.
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  - lscotte 9y ago
    LTS for xenial is 4.4, and patches have already been released for it.
lscotte 9y ago
Note there won't be fixes for 4.10, as it's reached EOL for Ubuntu, so you'll need to move to the 4.13 patched kernel.