1: [[!meta title="Meltdown and Spectre Status Page"]]
2:
3: Status of the Fixes
4: -------------------
5:
6: NetBSD-6, and all the anterior releases, have no planned fixes.
7:
8: ## Spectre Variant 1
9:
10: [[!table data="""
11: Port |Vendor/Model |Spectre (V1) |NetBSD-7 |NetBSD-8 |NetBSD-current
12: amd64 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
13: amd64 |AMD |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
14: amd64 |VIA |Unknown | | |
15: i386 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
16: i386 |AMD |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
17: i386 |VIA |Unknown | | |
18: |MIPS P5600 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
19: |MIPS P6600 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
20: |MIPS (others) |Not vulnerable | | |
21: ia64 |Intel |Not vulnerable | | |
22: riscv |(Spec.) |Not vulnerable | | |
23: |ARM Cortex-R7 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
24: |ARM Cortex-R8 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
25: |ARM Cortex-A8 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
26: |ARM Cortex-A9 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
27: |ARM Cortex-A12 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
28: |ARM Cortex-A15 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
29: |ARM Cortex-A17 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
30: |ARM Cortex-A57 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
31: |ARM Cortex-A72 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
32: |ARM Cortex-A73 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
33: |ARM Cortex-A75 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
34: |ARM (others) |Not vulnerable | | |
35: """]]
36:
37: ## Spectre Variant 2
38:
39: [[!table data="""
40: Port |Vendor/Model |Spectre (V2) |NetBSD-7 |NetBSD-8 |NetBSD-current
41: amd64 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigD] |Fixed [MitigB] [MitigD]
42: amd64 |AMD |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigD] |Fixed [MitigC] [MitigD]
43: amd64 |VIA |Unknown | | |
44: i386 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigD] |Fixed [MitigD]
45: i386 |AMD |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigD] |Fixed [MitigC] [MitigD]
46: i386 |VIA |Unknown | | |
47: |MIPS P5600 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
48: |MIPS P6600 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
49: |MIPS (others) |Not vulnerable | | |
50: ia64 |Intel |Not vulnerable | | |
51: riscv |(Spec.) |Not vulnerable | | |
52: |ARM Cortex-R7 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
53: |ARM Cortex-R8 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
54: |ARM Cortex-A8 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
55: |ARM Cortex-A9 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
56: |ARM Cortex-A12 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
57: |ARM Cortex-A15 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
58: |ARM Cortex-A17 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
59: |ARM Cortex-A57 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
60: |ARM Cortex-A72 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
61: |ARM Cortex-A73 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
62: |ARM Cortex-A75 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
63: |ARM (others) |Not vulnerable | | |
64: """]]
65:
66: ## Meltdown
67:
68: [[!table data="""
69: Port |Vendor/Model |Meltdown (V3) |NetBSD-7 |NetBSD-8 |NetBSD-current
70: amd64 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigA] |Fixed [MitigA]
71: amd64 |AMD |Not vulnerable | | |
72: amd64 |VIA |Unknown | | |
73: i386 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
74: i386 |AMD |Not vulnerable | | |
75: i386 |VIA |Unknown | | |
76: |MIPS P5600 |Not vulnerable | | |
77: |MIPS P6600 |Not vulnerable | | |
78: |MIPS (others) |Not vulnerable | | |
79: ia64 |Intel |Not vulnerable | | |
80: riscv |(Spec.) |Not vulnerable | | |
81: |ARM Cortex-R7 |Not vulnerable | | |
82: |ARM Cortex-R8 |Not vulnerable | | |
83: |ARM Cortex-A8 |Not vulnerable | | |
84: |ARM Cortex-A9 |Not vulnerable | | |
85: |ARM Cortex-A12 |Not vulnerable | | |
86: |ARM Cortex-A15 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
87: |ARM Cortex-A17 |Not vulnerable | | |
88: |ARM Cortex-A57 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
89: |ARM Cortex-A72 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
90: |ARM Cortex-A73 |Not vulnerable | | |
91: |ARM Cortex-A75 |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Not fixed
92: |ARM (others) |Not vulnerable | | |
93: """]]
94:
95: ## Spectre Variant 3a
96:
97: This issue will be addressed in future microcode updates on x86. No
98: software change is required.
99:
100: ## Spectre Variant 4
101:
102: [[!table data="""
103: Port |Vendor/Model |Spectre (V4) |NetBSD-7 |NetBSD-8 |NetBSD-current
104: amd64 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigE]
105: amd64 |AMD |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigF]
106: amd64 |VIA |Unknown | | |
107: i386 |Intel |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigE]
108: i386 |AMD |Vulnerable |Not fixed |Not fixed |Fixed [MitigF]
109: i386 |VIA |Unknown | | |
110: """]]
111:
112: ## Mitigations
113:
114: ### Mitigation A: SVS
115:
116: Meltdown is mitigated with the SVS feature. It can be dynamically disabled
117: by changing the "machdep.svs.enabled" sysctl.
118:
119: ### Mitigations B, C, D
120:
121: There is no unified mitigation for SpectreV2. Rather, a set of mitigations
122: are available, in both hardware and software.
123:
124: Three sysctls exist, under the machdep.spectre_v2 node:
125:
126: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
127: machdep.spectre_v2.hwmitigated = {0/1} user-settable
128: machdep.spectre_v2.swmitigated = {0/1} set by the kernel
129: machdep.spectre_v2.method = {string} constructed by the kernel
130: """]]
131:
132: Only "hwmitigated" can be set by the user. When set to one, the kernel will
133: determine the best hardware mitigation available for the currently
134: running CPU, and will apply it.
135:
136: #### Mitigation B: Intel IBRS
137:
138: Hardware mitigation, Intel only (for now). If the CPU supports this method,
139: it is used automatically by the kernel. It can be dynamically
140: enabled/disabled by changing the "hwmitigated" sysctl.
141:
142: #### Mitigation C: AMD DIS_IND
143:
144: Hardware mitigation, available only on a few AMD families. If the CPU
145: supports this method, it is used automatically by the kernel. It can be
146: dynamically enabled/disabled by changing the "hwmitigated" sysctl.
147:
148: #### Mitigation D: GCC Retpoline
149:
150: Software mitigation. It is enabled by default in GENERIC. When enabled,
151: the "swmitigated" sysctl is set to one.
152:
153: ### Mitigations E, F
154:
155: There are two available mitigations for SpectreV4. Their availability
156: depends on the CPU model and the microcode or BIOS revision.
157:
158: [[!template id=programlisting text="""
159: machdep.spectre_v4.mitigated = {0/1} user-settable
160: machdep.spectre_v4.method = {string} constructed by the kernel
161: """]]
162:
163: Only "mitigated" can be set by the user. When set to one, the kernel will
164: determine the best hardware mitigation available for the currently
165: running CPU, and will apply it.
166:
167: #### Mitigation E: Intel SSBD
168:
169: Available only on Intel (for now). It can be dynamically enabled/disabled
170: by changing the "mitigated" sysctl.
171:
172: #### Mitigation F: AMD NONARCH
173:
174: Available only on AMD families 15h and 16h. It can be dynamically
175: enabled/disabled by changing the "mitigated" sysctl.
176:
177: ## External Resources
178:
179: * [MIPS Blog Post](https://www.mips.com/blog/mips-response-on-speculative-execution-and-side-channel-vulnerabilities/)
180: * [ARM Security Update](https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update)
181: * [RISC-V](https://riscv.org/2018/01/more-secure-world-risc-v-isa/)
182:
183: ## Notes
184:
185: * VIA Technologies did not issue any statement regarding their CPUs. It is not currently known whether they are affected.
186:
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