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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 70 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 858b6c0b9a15..dddb024eb523 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2356,6 +2356,28 @@ Format: <first>,<last> Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA. + mds= [X86,INTEL] + Control mitigation for the Micro-architectural Data + Sampling (MDS) vulnerability. + + Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against CPU + internal buffers which can forward information to a + disclosure gadget under certain conditions. + + In vulnerable processors, the speculatively + forwarded data can be used in a cache side channel + attack, to access data to which the attacker does + not have direct access. + + This parameter controls the MDS mitigation. The + options are: + + full - Enable MDS mitigation on vulnerable CPUs + off - Unconditionally disable MDS mitigation + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + mds=full. + mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able to see the whole system memory or for test. diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h index 33051436c864..1f0295783325 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h @@ -992,4 +992,9 @@ enum l1tf_mitigations { extern enum l1tf_mitigations l1tf_mitigation; +enum mds_mitigations { + MDS_MITIGATION_OFF, + MDS_MITIGATION_FULL, +}; + #endif /* _ASM_X86_PROCESSOR_H */ diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index 916995167301..c7b29d200d27 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void); static void __init ssb_select_mitigation(void); static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void); +static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void); /* The base value of the SPEC_CTRL MSR that always has to be preserved. */ u64 x86_spec_ctrl_base; @@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ void __init check_bugs(void) l1tf_select_mitigation(); + mds_select_mitigation(); + #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 /* * Check whether we are able to run this kernel safely on SMP. @@ -214,6 +217,50 @@ static void x86_amd_ssb_disable(void) } #undef pr_fmt +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "MDS: " fmt + +/* Default mitigation for L1TF-affected CPUs */ +static enum mds_mitigations mds_mitigation __ro_after_init = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL; + +static const char * const mds_strings[] = { + [MDS_MITIGATION_OFF] = "Vulnerable", + [MDS_MITIGATION_FULL] = "Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers" +}; + +static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void) +{ + if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS)) { + mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_OFF; + return; + } + + if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_FULL) { + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR)) + static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear); + else + mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_OFF; + } + pr_info("%s\n", mds_strings[mds_mitigation]); +} + +static int __init mds_cmdline(char *str) +{ + if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS)) + return 0; + + if (!str) + return -EINVAL; + + if (!strcmp(str, "off")) + mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_OFF; + else if (!strcmp(str, "full")) + mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_FULL; + + return 0; +} +early_param("mds", mds_cmdline); + +#undef pr_fmt #define pr_fmt(fmt) "Spectre V2 : " fmt static enum spectre_v2_mitigation spectre_v2_enabled __ro_after_init = @@ -617,6 +664,26 @@ static void update_indir_branch_cond(void) static_branch_disable(&switch_to_cond_stibp); } +/* Update the static key controlling the MDS CPU buffer clear in idle */ +static void update_mds_branch_idle(void) +{ + /* + * Enable the idle clearing if SMT is active on CPUs which are + * affected only by MSBDS and not any other MDS variant. + * + * The other variants cannot be mitigated when SMT is enabled, so + * clearing the buffers on idle just to prevent the Store Buffer + * repartitioning leak would be a window dressing exercise. + */ + if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY)) + return; + + if (sched_smt_active()) + static_branch_enable(&mds_idle_clear); + else + static_branch_disable(&mds_idle_clear); +} + void arch_smt_update(void) { /* Enhanced IBRS implies STIBP. No update required. */ @@ -638,6 +705,9 @@ void arch_smt_update(void) break; } + if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_FULL) + update_mds_branch_idle(); + mutex_unlock(&spec_ctrl_mutex); } |