This bug was fixed in the package gcc-4.8 - 4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4 --------------- gcc-4.8 (4.8.4-2ubuntu1~14.04.4) trusty-security; urgency=medium
* Add retpoline support for x86 via adding -mindirect-branch=, -mindirect-branch-register, and -mfunction-return= support (LP: #1749261) - 0001-i386-Move-struct-ix86_frame-to-machine_function.diff, 0002-i386-Use-reference-of-struct-ix86_frame-to-avoid-cop.diff, 0003-i386-Use-const-reference-of-struct-ix86_frame-to-avo.diff, 0004-x86-Add-mindirect-branch.diff, 0005-x86-Add-mfunction-return.diff, 0006-x86-Add-mindirect-branch-register.diff, 0007-x86-Add-V-register-operand-modifier.diff, 0008-x86-Disallow-mindirect-branch-mfunction-return-with-.diff, 0009-Use-INVALID_REGNUM-in-indirect-thunk-processing.diff: implement -mindirect-branch=<keep|thunk|thunk-inline|thunk-extern> with attribute support, -mindirect-branch-register, and -mfunction-return=<thunk|thunk-inline|thunk-extern> with attribute support. Thanks to H.J. Lu. -- Steve Beattie <sbeat...@ubuntu.com> Tue, 13 Feb 2018 10:19:48 -0800 ** Changed in: gcc-4.8 (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1749261 Title: Add amd64/i386 retpoline support To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-4.8/+bug/1749261/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs