From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH) Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 21:54:27 +0100 Subject: Year 2038 time set problem In-Reply-To: References: <6c56e171e9194485b4c89fe1eb2b9168@NTILML02.nuvoton.com> <50050.1520188264@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Message-ID: <20180304205427.GB15059@kroah.com> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Sun, Mar 04, 2018 at 03:20:48PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote: > On 03/04/2018 01:31 PM, valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu wrote: > > Note that saying "The CPU isn't vulnerable to Meltdown/Spectre, therefor > > the 4.1 kernel is OK" is *incredibly* wrong. > > > > For the record, since 4.1 came out, there's been at *least* a dozen security > > issues in the Linux kernel that have been a *lot* scarier for security > > professionals than the Meltdown/Spectre issue. That only got any news coverage > > because it was an actual hardware design flaw that was believed to be difficult > > to easily fix with software changes... > > By this standard, it is necessary to update the kernel and reboot nearly > every week. Is that right? That is correct. greg k-h