[PATCH] NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551
H.J. Lu
hjl.tools@gmail.com
Wed Mar 11 16:57:09 GMT 2020
* NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551.
---
gas/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
gas/NEWS | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index a134be95fc..e6b3207a98 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-03-11 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options for CVE-2020-0551.
+
2020-03-11 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp: Run new tests.
diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index 5623db6435..9bbeaeb8c5 100644
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-*- text -*-
+* Add -mlfence-after-load=, -mlfence-before-indirect-branch= and
+ -mlfence-before-ret= options to x86 assembler to help mitigate
+ CVE-2020-0551.
+
* Add --gdwarf-5 option to the assembler to generate DWARF 5 debug output
(if such output is being generated). Added the ability to generate
version 5 .debug_line sections.
--
2.24.1
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