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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-04-14 10:48:51 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-04-14 10:48:51 -0700
commit27fd80851dc1e47b2facaa11b5b52c7dbc6b0718 (patch)
tree4b04d50328b371793a2070b8cf9f981eb46fbda9 /Documentation
parentc748fc3b1f5605c12c8061ffb0c27707597b27b2 (diff)
parent7211274fe0ee352332255e41ab5e628b86e83994 (diff)
Merge tag 'x86-urgent-2024-04-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull misc x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar: - Follow up fixes for the BHI mitigations code - Fix !SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS bug not turning off mitigations as expected - Work around an APIC emulation bug when the kernel is built with Clang and run as a SEV guest - Follow up x86 topology fixes * tag 'x86-urgent-2024-04-14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/cpu/amd: Move TOPOEXT enablement into the topology parser x86/cpu/amd: Make the NODEID_MSR union actually work x86/cpu/amd: Make the CPUID 0x80000008 parser correct x86/bugs: Replace CONFIG_SPECTRE_BHI_{ON,OFF} with CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_BHI x86/bugs: Remove CONFIG_BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO and spectre_bhi=auto x86/bugs: Clarify that syscall hardening isn't a BHI mitigation x86/bugs: Fix BHI handling of RRSBA x86/bugs: Rename various 'ia32_cap' variables to 'x86_arch_cap_msr' x86/bugs: Cache the value of MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES x86/bugs: Fix BHI documentation x86/cpu: Actually turn off mitigations by default for SPECULATION_MITIGATIONS=n x86/topology: Don't update cpu_possible_map in topo_set_cpuids() x86/bugs: Fix return type of spectre_bhi_state() x86/apic: Force native_apic_mem_read() to use the MOV instruction
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst22
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt12
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
index b70b1d8bd8e6..25a04cda4c2c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ The possible values in this file are:
- System is protected by retpoline
* - BHI: BHI_DIS_S
- System is protected by BHI_DIS_S
- * - BHI: SW loop; KVM SW loop
+ * - BHI: SW loop, KVM SW loop
- System is protected by software clearing sequence
- * - BHI: Syscall hardening
- - Syscalls are hardened against BHI
- * - BHI: Syscall hardening; KVM: SW loop
- - System is protected from userspace attacks by syscall hardening; KVM is protected by software clearing sequence
+ * - BHI: Vulnerable
+ - System is vulnerable to BHI
+ * - BHI: Vulnerable, KVM: SW loop
+ - System is vulnerable; KVM is protected by software clearing sequence
Full mitigation might require a microcode update from the CPU
vendor. When the necessary microcode is not available, the kernel will
@@ -661,18 +661,14 @@ kernel command line.
spectre_bhi=
[X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
- (BHI) vulnerability. Syscalls are hardened against BHI
- regardless of this setting. This setting affects the deployment
+ (BHI) vulnerability. This setting affects the deployment
of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB clearing sequence.
on
- unconditionally enable.
+ (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation as
+ needed.
off
- unconditionally disable.
- auto
- enable if hardware mitigation
- control(BHI_DIS_S) is available, otherwise
- enable alternate mitigation in KVM.
+ Disable the mitigation.
For spectre_v2_user see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 70046a019d42..902ecd92a29f 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3444,6 +3444,7 @@
retbleed=off [X86]
spec_rstack_overflow=off [X86]
spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC]
+ spectre_bhi=off [X86]
spectre_v2_user=off [X86]
srbds=off [X86,INTEL]
ssbd=force-off [ARM64]
@@ -6064,16 +6065,13 @@
See Documentation/admin-guide/laptops/sonypi.rst
spectre_bhi= [X86] Control mitigation of Branch History Injection
- (BHI) vulnerability. Syscalls are hardened against BHI
- reglardless of this setting. This setting affects the
+ (BHI) vulnerability. This setting affects the
deployment of the HW BHI control and the SW BHB
clearing sequence.
- on - unconditionally enable.
- off - unconditionally disable.
- auto - (default) enable hardware mitigation
- (BHI_DIS_S) if available, otherwise enable
- alternate mitigation in KVM.
+ on - (default) Enable the HW or SW mitigation
+ as needed.
+ off - Disable the mitigation.
spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.