Article 6VZ61 Arm Changing Linux Default To Costly "KPTI" Mitigation For Some Newer CPUs

Arm Changing Linux Default To Costly "KPTI" Mitigation For Some Newer CPUs

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Michael Larabel
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For some newer Arm core designs, Arm is changing the Linux kernel to defaulting to enabling Kernel Page Table Isolation "KPTI" if not running on a new firmware version in order to properly mitigate a recently disclosed CPU security issue. This change has been queued up and is expected to change the default with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel...
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