This is working fine on all four x86_64 workstations here.
All Intel Core i7 and i9 cpus
NVIDIA graphics GTX 555, 770, 970, 1080Ti

Mate desktop functioning, wifi and ethernet, virtualbox...
stress tests for cpu, io, memory and disk transactions
glmark2 OK

CC: (none) => tarazed25

So new  rpms fixing the SPI_INTEL_SPI issue and rebased on 4.14.69 for more security and bugfixes...

SRPMS:
kernel-linus-4.14.69-1.mga6.src.rpm


i586:
kernel-linus-4.14.69-1.mga6-1-1.mga6.i586.rpm
kernel-linus-devel-4.14.69-1.mga6-1-1.mga6.i586.rpm
kernel-linus-devel-latest-4.14.69-1.mga6.i586.rpm
kernel-linus-doc-4.14.69-1.mga6.noarch.rpm
kernel-linus-latest-4.14.69-1.mga6.i586.rpm
kernel-linus-source-4.14.69-1.mga6-1-1.mga6.noarch.rpm
kernel-linus-source-latest-4.14.69-1.mga6.noarch.rpm


x86_64:
kernel-linus-4.14.69-1.mga6-1-1.mga6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-linus-devel-4.14.69-1.mga6-1-1.mga6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-linus-devel-latest-4.14.69-1.mga6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-linus-doc-4.14.69-1.mga6.noarch.rpm
kernel-linus-latest-4.14.69-1.mga6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-linus-source-4.14.69-1.mga6-1-1.mga6.noarch.rpm
kernel-linus-source-latest-4.14.69-1.mga6.noarch.rpm

Summary: Update request: kernel-linus-4.14.68-1.mga6 => Update request: kernel-linus-4.14.69-1.mga6

x86_64
Lenovo Ideapad Y500
Intel Core i7-3630QM (-HT-MCP-)
NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M]

Booted linus kernel to Mate desktop - functioning OK, networking, TV, stress tests, virtualbox.
Don't know what happened to glmark2 but the score increased 300%.  glxspheres and teapot worked as before, similar frame-rates to the pre-update case.

Need to take a rest - wrong hardware - scrub comment 3

x86_64, Intel Core i7 with NVIDIA GTX 970 graphics.

Booted linus kernel to Mate desktop - functioning OK, networking, TV, stress tests, virtualbox.
Don't know what happened to glmark2 but the score increased 300%.  glxspheres and teapot worked as before, similar frame-rates to the pre-update case.

Mageia 6, x86_64

Deca core Intel Core i9-7900X
NVIDIA GP102 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti]

Mate desktop running smoothly.  stress tests OK.  Networking, NFS shares, bluetooth sound, TV, video all OK.

Advisory, added to svn:

type: security
subject: Updated kernel-linus packages fix security vulnerabilities
src:
  6:
   core:
     - kernel-linus-4.14.69-1.mga6
description: |
  This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.69 and adds additional
  fixes for the L1TF and Spectre security issues. It also fixes atleast
  the following security issues:

  Other fixes in this update:
  * all SPI_INTEL_SPI config options have been disable to prevent a potential
    bios corrupting bug (mga#23560)

  For other changes in this update, see the referenced changelogs.
references:
 - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23545
 - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23560
 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.66
 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.67
 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.68
 - https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.69

Keywords: (none) => advisory

Enough tests, validating

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
Whiteboard: (none) => mga6-64-ok, mga6-32-ok
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs

An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository.

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0375.html

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED