Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Aug 2019 12:11:54 +0300 | From | Kernel User <> | Subject | Re: /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/ doesn't show all known CPU vulnerabilities |
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On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:04:57 +0200 Borislav Petkov wrote:
> IMO, what you want does not belong in sysfs but in documentation.
How would documentation (a fixed static text file) tell whether a particular system is vulnerable or not?
> I partially see your point that a table of sorts mapping all those CPU > vulnerability names to (possible) mitigations is needed for users > which would like to know whether they're covered, without having to > run some scripts from github,
Correct.
> but sysfs just ain't the place.
Then why is it currently used for some of the vulnerabilities?
I am not an expert and I don't know if it is the place. My only concern is to have that information which we currently don't regardless of where it may be placed.
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