Why is "bhi" displayed in bugs: field of /proc/meminfo after upgrading to 8.10.z - kernel-4.18.0-553.30.1.el8_10 ?
Issue
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Why is "bhi" displayed in bugs: field of /proc/meminfo after upgrading to 8.10.z - kernel-4.18.0-553.30.1.el8_10 ?
Before
bugs: cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit mmio_stale_data
After
bugs: cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit mmio_stale_data bhi -
Does this mean that the system is vulnerable to Branch History Injection?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10.z
- CVE-2024-2201
- BHI (Branch History Injection)
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