Linux Kernel 4.15 good news and bad news from Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds, the original creator of Linux, announced good news and bad news about security holes και Specter. Τα καλά νέα είναι ότι κυκλοφόρησε το Linux Kernel 4.15 και είναι “ήσυχο και μικρό, χωρίς τον πανικό της τελευταίας στιγμής, με μικρές διορθώσεις για διάφορα θέματα”.

The bad news? "We're not done with Specter - Meltdown."Linux Kernel 4.15

In the Linux Kernel mailing list (Linux Kernel Mailing List or LKML), Torvalds reports:

"Most of the 4.15 project was all the regular boring stuff and I mean it was done in the best possible way that may not be glamorous to get titles, but is the bread and butter of core development."

“While Spectre/Meltdown was obviously the big news of this development cycle, it's worth noting that we also had all the regular updates and that work everywhere else didn't stop, and it didn't distract developers from the CPU issues. In the big one , 4.15 looks perfectly normal, with two-thirds of the full patch being drivers ... and not for reducing CPU bugs.”

But in trying to fix the problems that arose with the Meltdown and Specter vulnerabilities, the developers "spent" a long time on problems that have not yet been completed. First of all, like all developers of any operating system, those of Linux expect Intel hardware designers to complete firmware and microcode updates.

In its latest quarterly report, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said Intel will "restore confidence in the security of with a first urgent, transparent and timely communication with the customer". We are still waiting.

Krzanich also said that Intel is "working around the clock" to mitigate the Meltdown and Specter flaws and that the company will release updated chips later this year to provide a permanent fix. In the long run, the definition of these architectural problems of hardware may even require users to replace their CPUs.

Meanwhile, Torvalds developers for the Linux kernel know the job is not done.

Torvalds said: "It is worth noting that we are not ready with Specter / Meltdown. It takes more time (arm, specter-v1, etc.) ”

Torvalds believes that “we will have a normal and completely boring development cycle for the 4.16 kernel. "Because boring is really good."

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