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I do beg your pardons, but I have forgotten to provide a security
report after updating my kernel to 6.18.1.

Well, here it is. Look for the term "Vulnerable:"

[~]# grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/* /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/gather_data_sampling:Vulnerable: No microcode
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/ghostwrite:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/indirect_target_selection:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit:Processor vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mmio_stale_data:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/old_microcode:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/reg_file_data_sampling:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/retbleed:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_rstack_overflow:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and user
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Vulnerable; IBPB: disabled; STIBP: disabled; PBR
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds:Vulnerable: No microcode /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsa:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/vmscape:Vulnerable

Holy godzilla mutherfuckers! That list just gets longer with every
new release.

This is for a Xeon W 1270P processor. Note how I am vulnerable
EVERYWHERE.

If each mitigation would reduce performance by a measly 1%, we would
need to multiply that figure by the length of this list which amounts
to 19%. The reality is probably much higher.

Whew! Only a retarded fool would enable mitigations.
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On 12/13/25 11:23 AM, Farley Flud wrote:

I do beg your pardons, but I have forgotten to provide a security
report after updating my kernel to 6.18.1.

Well, here it is. Look for the term "Vulnerable:"

[~]# grep . /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/* /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/gather_data_sampling:Vulnerable: No microcode
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/ghostwrite:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/indirect_target_selection:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/itlb_multihit:Processor vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/l1tf:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mds:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/mmio_stale_data:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/old_microcode:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/reg_file_data_sampling:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/retbleed:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_rstack_overflow:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spec_store_bypass:Vulnerable /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1:Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and user
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2:Vulnerable; IBPB: disabled; STIBP: disabled; PBR
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/srbds:Vulnerable: No microcode /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsa:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/tsx_async_abort:Not affected /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/vmscape:Vulnerable

Holy godzilla mutherfuckers! That list just gets longer with every
new release.

This is for a Xeon W 1270P processor. Note how I am vulnerable
EVERYWHERE.

If each mitigation would reduce performance by a measly 1%, we would
need to multiply that figure by the length of this list which amounts
to 19%. The reality is probably much higher.

Whew! Only a retarded fool would enable mitigations.

You are so completely insane that you spend time on this obsessing.
When the machine works in my favor, I sense that. I don't need to
unscrew every part, reattach every wire, Jesus fucking Christ get a
life, dude.
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From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

Le 13-12-2025, Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> a écrit :

I do beg your pardons, but I have forgotten to provide a security
report after updating my kernel to 6.18.1.

No need for that: you already proved you know nothing about security.

Whew! Only a retarded fool would enable mitigations.

You see? Without your comment a new reader could have imagined you have
some clue, but you just ruined it.
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