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Re: CVS commit: wikisrc/security



On 01.03.2018 15:21, Maxime Villard wrote:
> Le 01/03/2018 à 13:47, Kamil Rytarowski a écrit :
>> On 01.03.2018 13:43, Maxime Villard wrote:
>>> Le 01/03/2018 à 13:36, Kamil Rytarowski a écrit :
>>>> On 01.03.2018 13:23, Maxime Villard wrote:
>>>>> Module Name:    wikisrc
>>>>> Committed By:    maxv
>>>>> Date:        Thu Mar  1 12:23:12 UTC 2018
>>>>>
>>>>> Modified Files:
>>>>>      wikisrc/security: meltdown_spectre.mdwn
>>>>>
>>>>> Log Message:
>>>>> Add ia64, not vulnerable.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> To generate a diff of this commit:
>>>>> cvs rdiff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 wikisrc/security/meltdown_spectre.mdwn
>>>>>
>>>>> Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
>>>>> copyright notices on the relevant files.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> #gentoo-alpha: <creemj> ryan57: yes, Alpha (at least ev6 and later) is
>>>> vulnerable to both Spectre and Meltdown attacks.
>>>
>>> What? ia64 is Itanium, not Alpha. Unless I misunderstood something?
>>
>> This is just another CPU worth mentioning in the list.
> 
> Ah ok, I thought you meant that ia64 was actually vulnerable.
> 
> Regarding Alpha, "ryan57" was probably talking about Alpha 21264 and above,
> because that was (as far as I understand) the first model to do speculative
> execution.
> 
> But is there anything more official than this?

I have no other source on Alpha AXP.

It's sufficient to note that according to Gentoo Alpha community ev6+
are likely vulnerable to both attacks.

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