Update version of MDS advisory

Approved by:	so
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Gordon Tetlow 2019-05-15 18:02:16 +00:00
parent 392ca504c5
commit a92dbc5e1c
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=53029

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@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ For general information regarding FreeBSD Security Advisories,
including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the
following sections, please visit <URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/>.
0. Revision history
v1.0 2019-05-14 Initial release.
v1.1 2019-05-15 Fixed date on microcode update package.
v1.2 2019-05-15 Userland startup microcode update details added.
Add language specifying which manufacturers is affected.
I. Background
Modern processors make use of speculative execution, an optimization
@ -45,11 +52,14 @@ IV. Workaround
No workaround is available.
Only Intel x86 based processors are affected. x86 processors from other
manufacturers (eg, AMD) are not believed to be vulnerable.
Systems with users or processors in different trust domains should disable
Hyper-Threading by setting the machdep.hyperthreading_allowed tunable to 0:
# echo 'machdep.hyperthreading_allowed=0 >> /boot/loader.conf'
# shutdown
# shutdown -r +10min "Security update"
V. Solution
@ -63,14 +73,17 @@ New CPU microcode may be available in a BIOS update from your system vendor,
or by installing the devcpu-data package or sysutils/devcpu-data port.
Ensure that the BIOS update or devcpu-data package is dated after 2019-05-14.
If using the package or port the microcode update can be applied at boot time
by adding the following lines to the system's /boot/loader.conf:
If using the package or port the Intel microcode update can be applied at
boot time (only on FreeBSD 12 and later) by adding the following lines to the
system's /boot/loader.conf:
cpu_microcode_load="YES"
cpu_microcode_name="/boot/firmware/intel-ucode.bin"
Microcode updates can also be applied while the system is running. See
cpucontrol(8) for details.
To automatically load microcode during userland startup (supported on all
FreeBSD versions), add the following to /etc/rc.conf:
microcode_update_enable="YES"
1) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:
@ -180,19 +193,19 @@ The latest revision of this advisory is available at
<URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:07.mds.asc>
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