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Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:40:38 -0500
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...omium.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/27] x86: PIE support and option to extend KASLR
 randomization

On Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 11:24:07AM -0800, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> There has been no major concern in the latest iterations. I am interested on
> what would be the best way to slowly integrate this patchset upstream.

One question that I was somehow expected in this cover letter - what
about all those lovely speculative bugs? As in say some one hasn't
updated their machine with the Spectre v3a microcode - wouldn't they
be able to get the kernel virtual address space?

In effect rendering all this hard-work not needed?

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