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Performance impact of mitigation measures against CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-5753, and CVE-2017-5715 on Oracle Database, Oracle Exadata, and Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance (Doc ID 2357480.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 28, 2020

Applies to:

Exadata X4-2 Quarter Rack
Oracle Exadata Storage Server Software
Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance Software
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition
Exadata X4-2 Hardware
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

The January 2018 Critical Patch Update provides patches for certain Oracle products against the Spectre (CVE-2017-5753, CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) processor vulnerabilities.  Please refer to the Critical Patch Update Advisory and the Addendum to the January 2018 Critical Patch Update Advisory for Spectre and Meltdown MOS note (MOS <Note 2347948.1>).

This document provides information about the performance impact that were measured by Oracle resulting from the current mitigation measures against the Spectre variant 1(CVE-2017-5753), Spectre variant 2(CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) processor vulnerabilities on Oracle Database and Oracle Exadata.  

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 Oracle Database
 Oracle Exadata
 Oracle Zero Data Loss Recovery Appliance
 Security Recommendations
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