[Whonix-devel] [Oracle VM VirtualBox] #17987: VirtualBox 5.2.18 vulnerable to spectre/meltdown despite microcode being installed

Fri Sep 14 14:54:14 CEST 2018

#17987: VirtualBox 5.2.18 vulnerable to spectre/meltdown despite microcode being
installed
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 Reporter:  adrelanos          |        Owner:          
     Type:  defect             |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  major              |    Component:  other   
  Version:  VirtualBox 5.2.18  |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:                     |   Guest type:  Linux   
Host type:  Linux              |  
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Comment (by klaus):

 Sorry, been reading not enough of your report it seems. No, this isn't
 expected. Looks like it needs dev attention (including having a look at
 what exactly goes wrong with `specre-meltdown-checker`.

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Ticket URL: <https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/17987#comment:3>
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