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authorDavid Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>2025-07-07 13:33:01 -0500
committerBorislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>2025-07-11 17:56:40 +0200
commit736565d4edcd8b6dad50fca0c0134e7918e3d61c (patch)
treed820a7f0a5ddedc850d11d7e1a9f1d7eddfdbfda
parente3a88d4c068242c00a1d6ddfd3c711fc22983f75 (diff)
x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for TAA
Use attack vector controls to determine if TAA mitigation is required. Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250707183316.1349127-7-david.kaplan@amd.com
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c15
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 31e0cf87d71e..438c482d4bb0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -538,12 +538,13 @@ static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void)
return;
}
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
- taa_mitigation = TAA_MITIGATION_OFF;
-
/* Microcode will be checked in taa_update_mitigation(). */
- if (taa_mitigation == TAA_MITIGATION_AUTO)
- taa_mitigation = TAA_MITIGATION_VERW;
+ if (taa_mitigation == TAA_MITIGATION_AUTO) {
+ if (should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_TAA))
+ taa_mitigation = TAA_MITIGATION_VERW;
+ else
+ taa_mitigation = TAA_MITIGATION_OFF;
+ }
if (taa_mitigation != TAA_MITIGATION_OFF)
verw_clear_cpu_buf_mitigation_selected = true;
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void)
static void __init taa_update_mitigation(void)
{
- if (!taa_vulnerable() || cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (!taa_vulnerable())
return;
if (verw_clear_cpu_buf_mitigation_selected)
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ static void __init taa_apply_mitigation(void)
*/
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_CPU_BUF);
- if (taa_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt())
+ if (taa_nosmt || smt_mitigations == SMT_MITIGATIONS_ON)
cpu_smt_disable(false);
}
}