How to Fix the Spectre on a CentOS/RHEL/Fedora/Oracle/Scientific Linux
For Example, CentOS 7
Type the following yum command:
# uname -r 3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64
# sudo yum update
CentOS 7 output
==================================================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: kernel x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7 updates 43 M kernel-devel x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7 updates 14 M Updating: iwl100-firmware noarch 39.31.5.1-57.el7 updates 152 k iwl1000-firmware noarch 1:39.31.5.1-57.el7 updates 215 k iwl105-firmware noarch 18.168.6.1-57.el7 updates 236 k iwl135-firmware noarch 18.168.6.1-57.el7 updates 245 k iwl2000-firmware noarch 18.168.6.1-57.el7 updates 239 k iwl2030-firmware noarch 18.168.6.1-57.el7 updates 248 k iwl3160-firmware noarch 22.0.7.0-57.el7 updates 1.5 M iwl3945-firmware noarch 15.32.2.9-57.el7 updates 90 k iwl4965-firmware noarch 228.61.2.24-57.el7 updates 103 k iwl5000-firmware noarch 8.83.5.1_1-57.el7 updates 296 k iwl5150-firmware noarch 8.24.2.2-57.el7 updates 149 k iwl6000-firmware noarch 9.221.4.1-57.el7 updates 169 k iwl6000g2a-firmware noarch 17.168.5.3-57.el7 updates 312 k iwl6000g2b-firmware noarch 17.168.5.2-57.el7 updates 312 k iwl6050-firmware noarch 41.28.5.1-57.el7 updates 245 k iwl7260-firmware noarch 22.0.7.0-57.el7 updates 1.1 M kernel-headers x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7 updates 6.0 M kernel-tools x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7 updates 5.1 M kernel-tools-libs x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7 updates 5.1 M linux-firmware noarch 20170606-57.gitc990aae.el7 updates 35 M microcode_ctl x86_64 2:2.1-22.2.el7 updates 1.1 M python-perf x86_64 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7 updates 5.1 M Removing: kernel x86_64 3.10.0-514.21.1.el7 @updates 148 M Transaction Summary ===================================================================================================================================================================================================== Install 2 Packages Upgrade 22 Packages Remove 1 Package Total download size: 120 M Is this ok [y/d/N]:
You must reboot your Linux server using shutdown/reboot command:
$ sudo reboot
$ uname -r 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64
Verify all 3 CVEs (you must see output:
$ rpm -q --changelog kernel | egrep 'CVE-2017-5715|CVE-2017-5753|CVE-2017-5754'
[root@webhost ~]# rpm -q --changelog kernel | egrep 'CVE-2017-5715|CVE-2017-5753|CVE-2017-5754'
- [x86] spec_ctrl: Eliminate redundant FEATURE Not Present messages (Andrea Arcangeli) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: init_tss is supposed to go in the PAGE_ALIGNED per-cpu section (Andrea Arcangeli) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: svm: spec_ctrl at vmexit needs per-cpu areas functional (Andrea Arcangeli) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] kaiser/mm: skip IBRS/CR3 restore when paranoid exception returns to userland (Andrea Arcangeli) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] kaiser/mm: consider the init_mm.pgd a kaiser pgd (Andrea Arcangeli) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: Prevent unwanted speculation without IBRS (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] entry: Remove trampoline check from paranoid entry path (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] entry: Fix paranoid_exit() trampoline clobber (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] entry: Simplify trampoline stack restore code (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715 CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: remove SPEC_CTRL_DEBUG code (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: add noibrs noibpb boot options (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] entry: Use retpoline for syscall's indirect calls (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] syscall: Clear unused extra registers on 32-bit compatible syscall entrance (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: cleanup unnecessary ptregscall_common function (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: CLEAR_EXTRA_REGS and extra regs save/restore (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] syscall: Clear unused extra registers on syscall entrance (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: rescan cpuid after a late microcode update (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: add debugfs ibrs_enabled ibpb_enabled (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: consolidate the spec control boot detection (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] KVM/spec_ctrl: allow IBRS to stay enabled in host userland (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: add debug aid to test the entry code without microcode (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: move stuff_RSB in spec_ctrl.h (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] entry: Stuff RSB for entry to kernel for non-SMEP platform (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] mm: Only set IBPB when the new thread cannot ptrace current thread (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] mm: Set IBPB upon context switch (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] idle: Disable IBRS when offlining cpu and re-enable on wakeup (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] idle: Disable IBRS entering idle and enable it on wakeup (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: implement spec ctrl C methods (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: save IBRS MSR value in save_paranoid for NMI (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] enter: Use IBRS on syscall and interrupts (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: swap rdx with rsi for nmi nesting detection (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: spec_ctrl_pcp and kaiser_enabled_pcp in same cachline (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] spec_ctrl: use per-cpu knob instead of ALTERNATIVES for ibpb and ibrs (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] enter: MACROS to set/clear IBRS and set IBPB (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [kvm] x86: add SPEC_CTRL to MSR and CPUID lists (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [kvm] svm: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] svm: Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [kvm] vmx: add MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL and MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [kvm] vmx: Set IBPB when running a different VCPU (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [kvm] x86: clear registers on VM exit (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] kvm: pad RSB on VM transition (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] cpu/AMD: Control indirect branch predictor when SPEC_CTRL not available (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] feature: Report presence of IBPB and IBRS control (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [x86] feature: Enable the x86 feature to control Speculation (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [tools] objtool: Don't print 'call dest' warnings for ignored functions (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519795 1519798] {CVE-2017-5715}
- [misc] locking/barriers: prevent speculative execution based on Coverity scan results (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [fs] udf: prevent speculative execution (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [fs] prevent speculative execution (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [kernel] userns: prevent speculative execution (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [scsi] qla2xxx: prevent speculative execution (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [netdrv] p54: prevent speculative execution (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [netdrv] carl9170: prevent speculative execution (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [media] uvcvideo: prevent speculative execution (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [x86] cpu/AMD: Remove now unused definition of MFENCE_RDTSC feature (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [x86] cpu/AMD: Make the LFENCE instruction serialized (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [misc] locking/barriers: introduce new memory barrier gmb() (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519788 1519786] {CVE-2017-5753}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: Replace kaiser with kpti to sync with upstream (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: add "kaiser" and "nokaiser" boot options (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: map the trace idt tables in userland shadow pgd (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: fix RESTORE_CR3 crash in kaiser_stop_machine (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: use stop_machine for enable/disable knob (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: use atomic ops to poison/unpoison user pagetables (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: use invpcid to flush the two kaiser PCID AISD (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: use two PCID ASIDs optimize the TLB during enter/exit kernel (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: stop patching flush_tlb_single (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: use PCID feature to make user and kernel switches faster (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm: If INVPCID is available, use it to flush global mappings (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/64: Fix reboot interaction with CR4.PCIDE (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/64: Initialize CR4.PCIDE early (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm: Add a 'noinvpcid' boot option to turn off INVPCID (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm: Add the 'nopcid' boot option to turn off PCID (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: validate trampoline stack (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] entry: Move SYSENTER_stack to the beginning of struct tss_struct (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: isolate the user mapped per cpu areas (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: enable kaiser in build (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: selective boot time defaults (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: handle call to xen_pv_domain() on PREEMPT_RT (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser/xen: Dynamically disable KAISER when running under Xen PV (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: add Kconfig (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: avoid false positives during non-kaiser pgd updates (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: Respect disabled CPU features (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: trampoline stack comments (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: stack trampoline (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: remove paravirt clock warning (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: re-enable vsyscalls (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: allow to build KAISER with KASRL (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: allow KAISER to be enabled/disabled at runtime (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: un-poison PGDs at runtime (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: add a function to check for KAISER being enabled (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: add debugfs file to turn KAISER on/off at runtime (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: disable native VSYSCALL (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: map virtually-addressed performance monitoring buffers (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: map debug IDT tables (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: add kprobes text section (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: map trace interrupt entry (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: map entry stack per-cpu areas (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: map dynamically-allocated LDTs (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: make sure static PGDs are 8k in size (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: allow NX poison to be set in p4d/pgd (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: unmap kernel from userspace page tables (core patch) (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: mark per-cpu data structures required for entry/exit (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: introduce user-mapped per-cpu areas (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: add cr3 switches to entry code (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: remove scratch registers (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: prepare assembly for entry/exit CR3 switching (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/kaiser: Disable global pages by default with KAISER (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm: Document X86_CR4_PGE toggling behavior (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm/tlb: Make CR4-based TLB flushes more robust (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] mm: Do not set _PAGE_USER for init_mm page tables (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [x86] increase robusteness of bad_iret fixup handler (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [perf] x86/intel/uncore: Fix memory leaks on allocation failures (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [mm] userfaultfd: hugetlbfs: prevent UFFDIO_COPY to fill beyond the end of i_size (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [fs] userfaultfd: non-cooperative: fix fork use after free (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [mm] userfaultfd: hugetlbfs: remove superfluous page unlock in VM_SHARED case (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
- [mm] fix bad rss-counter if remap_file_pages raced migration (Josh Poimboeuf) [1519800 1519801] {CVE-2017-5754}
Run the following dnf command if you are using a Fedora Linux:
# sudo dnf --refresh update kernel
OR
# sudo dnf update
Reboot the Linux box:
$ sudo reboot