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Attack Vector Controls Could Be Ready For Linux 6.17 Introduction


The AMD engineering led work on Attack Vector Controls for the Linux kernel could be mainlined with the upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel with the remaining patches now being queued within a TIP branch.

Sent out last year were the original patches for Attack Vector Controls as a way to re-think CPU security mitigation handling. Now that the patches are in a TIP branch, they will presumably be submitted for the next kernel cycle: the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge window opening around the end of July / early August. About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience.

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