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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 02/12] array_idx: sanitize speculative array de-references
[ adding Arjan ]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
[..]
> Anyway, I do think the patches I've seen so far are ok, and the real
> reason I'm writing this email is actually more about future patches:
> do we have a good handle on where these array index sanitations will
> be needed?
>
> Also, while array limit checking was obviously the official
> "spectre-v1" issue, I do wonder if there are possible other issues
> where mispredicted conditional branches can end up leaking
> information?
>
> IOW, is there some work on tooling/analysis/similar? Not asking for
> near-term, but more of a "big picture" question..
>
> Linus

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