Greetings from the VMware Security Response Center!

It’s time.

Today we released VMSA-2018-0004.3 which documents Hypervisor-Assisted Guest Mitigations for CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre-2).

We thought it would be a good idea to quickly link all of the documentation which has undergone a major change. For newcomers, please familiarize yourself by reading through KB52245 first to get a strong understanding of the various categories of mitigations that VMware has provided.

Major Updates:

Updated Advisory: VMSA-2018-0004.3
Top-level KB: 52245
Patching/Upgrade Guide: 52085
Performance Info: 52337
Intel microcode sightings: 52345

Customers should review the available documentation and direct questions to VMware Support.