Ubuntu 17.10 dead in VB after todays update (#17436)

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aspicer
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Re: Ubuntu 17.10 dead in VB after todays update (#17436)

Post by aspicer »

jz71 wrote:Try booting the latest kernel with pti=off parameter (disabling Meltdown mitigations).
It has helped me with 4.9.65-3+deb9u2 kernel on Debian.
That is interesting. I did see that elsewhere online. But I have already downloaded and installed the test version of Vbox that has the fix. My whole point is to see what these patches do. And I found out it triggered a bug in Vbox. And they fixed it. I want PTI on. I have the mitigation updates / patches on all my systems Windows 7, Windows 10 pre-release (now on 17074), and on Ubuntu 17.10 in Vbox.
aspicer
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Re: Ubuntu 17.10 dead in VB after todays update (#17436)

Post by aspicer »

Interesting, I believe related, Linux kernel code patching for Kernel Page Table Isolation (KPTI.)

https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/12/4/692
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