[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-04-04 Thread Joseph Salisbury
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[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-04-04 Thread dino99
Now fixed here too, on 4.15.0-14 kernel oem@ubuntu:~$ journalctl -b | grep Spectre Apr 04 08:40:23 ubuntu kernel: Spectre V2 : Mitigation: Full generic retpoline Apr 04 08:40:23 ubuntu kernel: Spectre V2 : Spectre v2 mitigation: Filling RSB on context switch Apr 04 08:40:23 ubuntu kernel: Spectre

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-17 Thread dino99
Also discussed here: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/12/123 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1755624 Title: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-17 Thread dino99
Thanks Steve for the head up my cpu is i5-6500 and it seems it should not be blacklisted now (at least the request has been done): http://lists-archives.com/linux-kernel/29038556-x86-spectre_v2-remove-0xc2-from-spectre_bad_microcodes.html Initially i have been confused by the 20180312 vs 2017-

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-16 Thread Steve Beattie
Hi dino99, Microcode rev 0xc2 looks to be the correct revision for your processor: $ iucode-tool -L microcode-20180312.dat | grep 506e3 01/147: sig 0x000506e3, pf mask 0x36, 2017-11-16, rev 0x00c2, size 99328 (You can perform a similar check on the specific microcode for your processor on

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-16 Thread dino99
More tests: - purging intel-microcode & iucode-tool, then rebooting, i get: kernel: [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata; please update microcode to version: 0xb2 (or later) - reinstalling the 2 packages above (3.20180312.0~ubuntu18.04.1) and rebooting, i get: kernel: microcode:

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-16 Thread dino99
So i have reinstalled both intel-microcode & iucode-tool and then rebooted. Still get the latest microcode version with the error; even if the reinstall has not displayed warning/error and the kernel rebuilt as expected. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-16 Thread dino99
Something abnormal: - installed: intel-microcode (3.20180312.0~ubuntu18.04.1) bionic - but log shows: microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xc2, date = 2017-11-16 Looks like the latest upgrade is not use by the kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member o

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-16 Thread dino99
>From the 4.15.0.12-13 still get the error oem@ubuntu:~$ journalctl -b | grep microcode kernel: microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xc2, date = 2017-11-16 kernel: Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling Speculation Control kernel: microcode: sig=0x506e3, pf=0x2, revision

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-14 Thread Steve Beattie
4.15.0-12.13-generic from bionic-proposed is also working for me. Relevant CPU model info (same as in description): cpu family : 6 model : 142 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7500U CPU @ 2.70GHz stepping: 9 microcode : 0x84 Model 142 corresponds to 0x8E in hex,

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-14 Thread Tyler Hicks
4.15.0-12.13-generic, from bionic-proposed, fixes this bug for me due to it containing this upstream commit: 1751342095f0d2b36fa8114d8e12c5688c455ac4 Relevant CPU model info from /proc/cpuinfo: cpu family : 6 model : 78 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) m5-6Y54 CPU @ 1.10GHz ste

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-14 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for those that can reproduced this bug to test the proposed kernel and post back if it resolves this bug? See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Importance:

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-13 Thread Steve Beattie
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1755624 Title: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2

[Bug 1755624] Re: With intel-microcode 3.20180312, kernel reports as broken spectre v2 microcode

2018-03-13 Thread Michael Marley
I see the same issue on my Skylake desktop (sig=0x506e3). The microcode updates at startup (microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xc2, date = 2017-11-16) but I still get "Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling Speculation Control". I also tested it on Ivy Bridge, Broadwel