[cisco-voip] Spectre and Meltdown remediation as relevant to Cisco systems

[James Andrewartha]

Hi Lelio,

On 11/01/18 01:10, Lelio Fulgenzi wrote:
> Ok. one last question (for now)
>  
> Why BIOS updates for C Series servers?
>  
> What do those updates address?
>  
> The CIMC application? Or more?

I believe (but haven't done heaps of research) is that the BIOS updates
contain microcode (firmware for the CPU) updates, that with OS updates
mitigate spectre: https://access.redhat.com/articles/3311301

There will be more microcode updates coming, which again might also need
OS updates to be fully effective.

Thanks

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