From owner-freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org Wed Jan 3 21:14:30 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security-notifications@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFBF3EAFB33; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:14:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x229.google.com (mail-io0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 98FBD66EA2; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 21:14:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x229.google.com with SMTP id t63so68215iod.0; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:14:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=vCA/Fzs+Zbhw2I80mz5jtTKDXSMmafao/+JrTAFqkTM=; b=MNiQJAZsP7AbtRB3yoviyy0NGgsKtZ5KaLibP1k2zsaU67NgzlK3SwD7Vr6UOTxvkB r3KcJD9Fz2KGgD+nQLa14w4GJEKrQ06Ac0fuJa7uV/CW5gpvY9sSJb5yTrS4BnRNgmeM g4q3lPY6o8Iv2Rr2NIJCOV2dqQ4mZ5/ScTMUEy7xTe/tJ8e/myB00TQq0NB7QF4aXl6S bIn7/zZKOnAjXzvHAE3e1GtgobCsGTrVbAwNWIo01VQUAiotpXfxjBKBLOZ3+FBqvWop XhkkiV2SBiekKw5qqaIjHhewRJLrQrxUjQmibO6T63OGQDYrG0Q7X1OKqq4mG2HoqlsY tiYw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject :to; bh=vCA/Fzs+Zbhw2I80mz5jtTKDXSMmafao/+JrTAFqkTM=; b=rnKqOXWqUAv8hKAf6TjkpFAhqBUiOgNR6hjd/vUk/BBn4DeNEKS0qO6fWrbqauJ0kN T9gc+5ZGvOKsthqpgAPnq94eQbKwPLk0kFGqu40jPcH9PPNZ6EiMU+kXkbV4BZn2o/ZX 0LADZTSG2dIH3KiJptHmHKZ8DX2FztrdW5cB4+BqZBwuhwb6WPjnIOmX8bJxH2oMNZUh IDUuzOTJ6ga6laf8ldHy3I8UFoApxCXhjQIrkD3d87qmbvex+e5AZtARcex3CtsU46FR cSUsl9jr0vOOI6q0DbI6SSwEv6VsSLN9cCgxEczW/tdM8Fvsq2wXAT+j0WbcYq5wIK3U CL1A== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mLLSv3iJoQb8mLgSsAAX5QAazZ2qDaVGU6myJBR3fipI7Vi06A7 c0G5t9dJo78NKgNJvWGkTzwrKmafbtaret/EJwudQS7D X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBotK5fBvdkRmOvO7/YutzapQk3LnzJZpDIKLXz+3xQgpFRH5+apeCudzRIDRMyX9+P+2f+BsHmvjO7PzDD5BiK4= X-Received: by 10.107.175.234 with SMTP id p103mr2899451ioo.63.1515014069853; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:14:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: carpeddiem@gmail.com Received: by 10.107.131.163 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 13:14:09 -0800 (PST) From: Ed Maste Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 16:14:09 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: dJ9towGUbo9XN3WsY0XjS4bGHX0 Message-ID: Subject: Re "Intel responds to security research findings" To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 22:11:19 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: "Moderated Security Notifications \[moderated, low volume\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2018 21:14:30 -0000 With respect to https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/ The FreeBSD Security Team recently learned of the details of these issues that affect certain CPUs. Details could not be discussed publicly, but mitigation work is in progress. Work is ongoing to develop and commit these mitigations to the FreeBSD repository as soon as possible, with updates for releases to follow.