Hardware Vulnerabilities

To view how the system is affected by vulnerabilities in the hardware, go to menu System -> Hardware Vulnerabilities. The most prominent vulnerabilities are Meltdown & Spectre.

Status

• Not Affected - The system should not be vulnerable for this issue
• Mitigated - The system is vulnerable and the vulnerability should be mitigated by software
• Vulnerable - The system is vulnerable and there is no fix or mitigation available

Links

• IPFire Blog - Meltdown/Spectre - The chaotic story
• IPFire Blog - More on Intel's Hardware Bugs
• IPFire Blog - Security Announcement: Disabling SMT by default on affected Intel processors