[tor-bugs] #25229 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Resist Spectre by using retpoline and a new instruction provided by Intel with microcode update
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#25229: Resist Spectre by using retpoline and a new instruction provided by Intel
with microcode update
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Reporter: cypherpunks | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: closed
Priority: High | Milestone:
Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution: invalid
Keywords: tbb-security | Actual Points:
Parent ID: | Points:
Reviewer: | Sponsor:
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Changes (by cypherpunks):
* status: reopened => closed
* resolution: => invalid
Comment:
> tjr: Landed a 2ms bump in nightly and beta; uplifting to ESR 52.7
... so just wait for the (already mitigated) mitigation to pass a
handshake to the next TB release.
Replying to [comment:4 cypherpunks]:
> "Go piss up a rope, little cypherpunk." (c)
Stop using
[https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22511#comment:12 nickm's
licensed phrases] without prior permission. ;)
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/25229#comment:5>
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