Linux 4.15: Good news and bad news about Meltdown and Spectre | Linux Today

Linux 4.15: Good news and bad news about Meltdown and Spectre

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jan 29, 2018

Linus Torvalds released the next version of the Linux kernel and, while are things are better with the chip security problems Meltdown and Spectre, more work needs to be done.

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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