Potential Impact on Processors in the POWER Family(Spectre and Meltdown ...)

According to IBM, firmware patches for POWER7+, POWER8, and POWER9 platforms are all currently available via FixCentral. The company says Power7 patches will be available February 7. In addition, it estimates IBM i operating system patches (also available via FixCentral) will finish rolling out on February 12, and AIX patches will be available starting January 26.

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/potential-impact-processors-power-famil…

( LZ | 2018. 01. 30., k – 13:33 )

OS patch előtt FW frissítést ne feledd...

pl.: SV860_138_056 / FW860.42 (01/09/18)
In response to recently reported security vulnerabilities, this firmware update is being released to address Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures issue numbers CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754. Operating System updates are required in conjunction with this FW level for CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754.

( asm v | 2018. 01. 30., k – 16:38 )

Hehe. Pedig januar elejen ment az Intel fikazas Poweres korokben.
Performance impactrol melyen hallgatnak...

Orákül eddig csak az egyikre való "érzékenységet" vallotta be SPARC kapcsán:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/16/oracle_quarterly_patches_jan_20…
Meltdown-ra azt állítják nem.
De ők mindig is ilyenek voltak akármi is volt, mindig könyörögni kellett premium support mellett is hogy mondjanak valamit.

( uid_228 | 2018. 01. 31., sze – 09:17 )

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