What is the impact of Spectre and Meltdown on i.MX processors?

[jdepedro]

Recently two important CPU vulnerabilities were published:

Meltdown and Spectre 

Seems like at least one of them could impact ARM cores. 

What is the impact of these vulnerabilities on i.MX processors?

[ToniZollikofer · Accepted solution]

Jose

NXP advises customers to write an email to the NXP Product Security Incident Response Team at psirt[@]nxp.com. It is required that you indicate the specific part and operating system that your question refers to in order to be able providing support in the best way.
For end users using NXP processors but not buying semiconductors from NXP directly or through distributors, we have to refer to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) as any security analysis needs to be done on a system level.

Have a great day,

Toni
TIC

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[jdepedro]

Thanks Juggler,

I have already received the NXP Security Update.

[allenmidd]

i.MX6 is affected (ARM cortex A9):

https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update

Google released Android 8 security patch (for their phones):

https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7622138

What is Android 7 patch timeframe(s)?

https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html

[jimbrooke]

What about the PowerPC machines?  Like P1022?