From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Thu Jan 4 17:50:28 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0773EA9256; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AADA875F43; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w04HoRfA089269; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:50:27 GMT (envelope-from imp@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from imp@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w04HoR2T089268; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:50:27 GMT (envelope-from imp@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201801041750.w04HoR2T089268@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: imp set sender to imp@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warner Losh Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 17:50:27 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51364 - head/share/xml X-SVN-Group: doc-head X-SVN-Commit-Author: imp X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/share/xml X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 51364 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:50:29 -0000 Author: imp Date: Thu Jan 4 17:50:27 2018 New Revision: 51364 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51364 Log: Add news blurb about the micro-architecture attacks driven by speculative execution on Intel, Arm and AMD cpus. Submitted by: pi@ (with language tweaks) Reviewed by: brd@ Modified: head/share/xml/news.xml Modified: head/share/xml/news.xml ============================================================================== --- head/share/xml/news.xml Thu Jan 4 16:44:30 2018 (r51363) +++ head/share/xml/news.xml Thu Jan 4 17:50:27 2018 (r51364) @@ -29,6 +29,27 @@ + 2018 + + 1 + + 4 + + +

About the Meltdown + and Spectre attacks: + FreeBSD was made aware of the problems in late December 2017. + We're working with CPU vendors and the published papers on + these attacks to mitigate them on FreeBSD. Due to the + fundamental nature of the attacks, no estimate is yet + available for the publication date of patches.

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