Red Hat reverts Spectre (CVE-2017-5715) security updates due to boot issues reported by customers

Red Hat reverts Spectre (CVE-2017-5715) security updates due to boot issues reported by customers Red Hat is going to release updates that are reverting previous patches for the Spectre vulnerability (Variant 2, aka CVE-2017-5715). Just after the release of Spectre and Meltdown patches many experts argued a significative impact on performance and stability of systems running them. While Meltdown and Spectre Variant 1 could be theoretically being addressed by […] The post Red Hat reverts Spectre (CVE-2017-5715) security updates due to boot issues reported by customers appeared first on Security Affairs. Read More At -> https://blog.cripperz.sg/2018/01/20/red-hat-reverts-spectre-cve-2017-5715-security-updates-due-to-boot-issues-reported-by-customers-2/