X-Original-To: alpine-user@lists.alpinelinux.org Received: from luna.geeknet.cz (luna.geeknet.cz [37.205.9.141]) by lists.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E070B5C4DBF for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2018 23:25:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by luna.geeknet.cz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0C552A12AE; Fri, 5 Jan 2018 00:25:19 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jirutka.cz; s=mail; t=1515108319; bh=mpbQDIB7V1VrqZCUH6DQxpfpG9tBwGtD1BJqvnXc8gI=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=SGI5YeUmO7m1b4nbHHQ8yXNWH3q/IxqiLW2MVmBq3Q8QAkRjBaytwPl/aLd3LFvkg uNXETS8XchC6d8Oq5KC5LjwCV8H93mcdmEWSkjGDI2xFp1nntDcgb/JJczVNO+vBYP BdNgJijX5Og2c+TprOSy/5RumkASjPMGs+SQbGgQ= Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_230192E2-1FCF-4C8F-BEC1-6E98A3C7C269" X-Mailinglist: alpine-user Precedence: list List-Id: Alpine Development List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Subject: Re: [alpine-user] MELTDOWN + SPECTRE From: Jakub Jirutka In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 00:25:18 +0100 Cc: "alpine-user@lists.alpinelinux.org" Message-Id: References: To: "Piskule, Robert" --Apple-Mail=_230192E2-1FCF-4C8F-BEC1-6E98A3C7C269 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi, did I understand correctly that you run Alpine only inside a Docker = container, not a host system? If so, then there=92s nothing Alpine can = do against Meltdown or Spectre. The host system (its kernel) must be = patched. Jakub > On 4. Jan 2018, at 22:47, Piskule, Robert = wrote: >=20 > I wanted to know if Alpine Linux is vulnerable to the recent Meltdown = or Spectre attacks. Are there any patches? If running from within = Docker, is there anything I need to do? > =20 > Thanks, > -Rob --Apple-Mail=_230192E2-1FCF-4C8F-BEC1-6E98A3C7C269 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Hi,

did I = understand correctly that you run Alpine only inside a Docker container, = not a host system? If so, then there=92s nothing Alpine can do against = Meltdown or Spectre. The host system (its kernel) must be = patched.

Jakub

On 4. Jan 2018, at 22:47, = Piskule, Robert <Robert.Piskule@jenzabar.com> wrote:

I wanted to know if Alpine = Linux is vulnerable to the recent Meltdown or Spectre attacks. Are there = any patches? If running from within Docker, is there anything I need to = do?
 
Thanks,
-Rob

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