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'If you are running SQL Server 2008 through SQL Server 2017, you should be thinking about what you should be doing to protect your systems from the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. Microsoft has a number of KB articles that address this issue from several different perspectives. This is a good starting list:

SQL Server Guidance to protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities (SQL Server)

Windows Server guidance to protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities (Windows Server)

Windows Client Guidance for IT Pros to protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities (Windows Client)

The basic guidance is that depending on the environment where you are running SQL Server (on-premises or not, virtualized or not, in a cloud IaaS VM or not) and whether you are using any open extensibility interfaces or not (things like some types of CLR assemblies, some types of linked servers, etc.), you are going to want to strongly consider patching several layers of your system. These may include:

• Operating System patches

• Registry changes

• SQL Server patches

• BIOS/UEFI updates

• Possible changes in how/whether you use any open extensibility interfaces in SQL Server'...

https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/glenn/checking-your-sql-server-instance-for-spectremeltdown-patches/?utm_source=DBW&utm_medium=pubemail