Re: Meltdown and spectre

From: Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:27:36 +0000
Message-ID: <CABe10sYU9m3VvWxT2ar=hi7mHxgUH3Bt+TseuKzRct_wZBAQ6g_at_mail.gmail.com>



There's a meltdown/spectre addendum (Doc ID 2347948.1)

I'd personally like Oracle to produce something like https://support.microsoft.com/kn-in/help/4073225/guidance-for-sql-server - but using that doc appropriately translated isn't a bad plan.

On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 1:02 AM, Jeff Chirco <backseatdba_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Where does it talk about Oracle Linux OS?
> However I did see that yum update showed 4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64
> available.
> I applied it and run uptrack-upgrade -y which brought my effective kernel
> to 4.1.12-112.14.11.el7uek.x86_64
>
> Anybody else apply it yet? We are a small Linux shop currently so
> applying it and the potential performance hit I am not too worried at this
> time.
>
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 1:49 PM, dba Wilson <iamanoracledba_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Check this out
>>
>>
>> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan20
>> 18-3236628.html
>>
>>
>>
>

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