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Unable to Mitigate GDS (gather_data_sampling) using Fedora 41, 40 Intel HP

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I was using Fedora 40 and upgraded the system to Fedora 41 still getting this from my cpu information
$ cat  /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/gather_data_sampling
Vulnerable: No microcode
The microcode is also available for CPU. CPU Specs:
$ sudo lshw -c cpu
  *-cpu                     
       description: CPU
       product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz
       vendor: Intel Corp.
       physical id: 4
       bus info: cpu@0
       version: 6.78.3
       serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
       slot: U3E1
       size: 2100MHz
       capacity: 4005MHz
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 100MHz
       capabilities: lm fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 constant_tsc art arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm 3dnowprefetch cpuid_fault epb pti ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid mpx rdseed adx smap clflushopt intel_pt xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves dtherm ida arat pln pts hwp hwp_notify hwp_act_window hwp_epp vnmi md_clear flush_l1d arch_capabilities cpufreq
       configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 microcode=240 threads=4
Current Kernel info:
$ uname -a
Linux fedora 6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Mar 29 01:29:31 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
There is nothing to update message from
dnf upgrade --refresh
Intel Document against the CVE: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/software-security-guidance/technical-documentation/gather-data-sampling.html Tried using the microcode_ctl package with early load method failed And for late loading there is no file present named
/sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload
Or Bydefault fedora supports early loading of microcodes.
Asked by Foss Developer (1 rep)
Apr 9, 2025, 10:30 AM
Last activity: Apr 12, 2025, 12:18 PM