Gentoo-Based Porteus Kiosk 4.7 Brings More Mitigations Against Spectre Flaws

Porteus Linux developer Tomasz Jokiel announced today the release and general availability of the Porteus Kiosk 4.7.0 Gentoo-based operating system designed for public access computers.

Powered by the long-term supported Linux 4.14.50 kernel, Porteus Kiosk 4.7.0 is the second release of the operating system in 2018 and comes five months after version 4.6 to introduce more mitigations against the Spectre security vulnerabilities, though the next-gen Spectre flaws require microcode firmware updates for Intel CPUs.

“Newly discovered “Spectre Next Generation” vulnerabilities require updated microcode from Intel which is not available yet. Please consider enabling automatic updates service for your kiosks to receive latest fixes and patches as soon as they become available,” reads today’s announcement.

Here’s what’s new in Porteus Kiosk 4.7.0

Highlights of the Porteus Kiosk 4.7.0 release include … (read more)

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