https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/15/meltdown_ics/
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Related Information:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/alerts/ICS-ALERT-18-011-01A
Patches for the Meltdown vulnerability are causing stability issues in industrial control systems.
SCADA vendor Wonderware admitted that Redmond's Meltdown patch made its Historian product wobble. "Microsoft update KB4056896 (or parallel patches for other Operating System) causes instability for Wonderware Historian and the inability to access DA/OI Servers through the SMC," an advisory on Wonderware's support site explains.
Rockwell Automation revealed that the same patch had caused issues with Studio 5000, FactoryTalk View SE, and RSLinx Classic
Here's another thread with an RSWho issue: http://www.plctalk.net/qanda/showthread.php?t=113796&highlight=KB4056896
Related Information:
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/alerts/ICS-ALERT-18-011-01A
The following product vendors have reported that they support products that use affected CPUs and have issued customer notifications with recommendations for users (ICS-CERT will update the list of vendors that have released customer notifications as additional information becomes available):