[Bug 1756065] [NEW] Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling Speculation Control

[dino99]

Public bug reported:

This is logged since the latest intel-microcode upgrade

kernel: Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling
Speculation Control


This was not seen without the previous version.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0~ubuntu18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Thu Mar 15 13:37:28 2018
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: intel-microcode
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: intel-microcode (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

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Title:
   Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling Speculation
  Control

Status in intel-microcode package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This is logged since the latest intel-microcode upgrade

  kernel: Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling
  Speculation Control

  
  This was not seen without the previous version.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: intel-microcode 3.20180312.0~ubuntu18.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-12.13-generic 4.15.7
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Thu Mar 15 13:37:28 2018
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: intel-microcode
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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