01-09-2018
AIX 6.1, POWER5 and Spectre/Meltdown
Apologies for this newbie question. We have inherited an IBM p5 520 (9111-520) running AIX 6.1.0.0 which seems to be the base install and no further patches installed.
Is this vulnerable to the Spectre/Meltdown threat?
Are patches available?
Looks like AIX 6.1.0.0 went 'end of support' in April last year so are there even patches available for this new threat and can I get them for free or does the system need subscribing to IBM at a cost?
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stg-series
STG-SERIES(1) StGit Manual STG-SERIES(1)
NAME
stg-series - Print the patch series
SYNOPSIS
stg series [options] [<patch-range>]
DESCRIPTION
Show all the patches in the series, or just those in the given range, ordered from top to bottom.
The applied patches are prefixed with a + (except the current patch, which is prefixed with a >), the unapplied patches with a -, and the
hidden patches with a !.
Empty patches are prefixed with a 0.
OPTIONS
-b BRANCH, --branch BRANCH
Use BRANCH instead of the default branch.
-a, --all
Show all patches, including the hidden ones.
-A, --applied
Show the applied patches only.
-U, --unapplied
Show the unapplied patches only.
-H, --hidden
Show the hidden patches only.
-m BRANCH, --missing BRANCH
Show patches in BRANCH missing in current.
-c, --count
Print the number of patches in the series.
-d, --description
Show a short description for each patch.
--author
Show the author name for each patch.
-e, --empty
Before the +, >, -, and ! prefixes, print a column that contains either 0 (for empty patches) or a space (for non-empty patches).
--showbranch
Append the branch name to the listed patches.
--noprefix
Do not show the patch status prefix.
-s, --short
List just the patches around the topmost patch.
STGIT
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StGit 03/13/2012 STG-SERIES(1)