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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 6e548cddb6c3..fa8f03ddff24 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2636,6 +2636,7 @@ ssbd=force-off [ARM64] l1tf=off [X86] mds=off [X86] + tsx_async_abort=off [X86] auto (default) Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT @@ -2651,6 +2652,7 @@ be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT. Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86] mds=full,nosmt [X86] + tsx_async_abort=full,nosmt [X86] mminit_loglevel= [KNL] When CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT is set, this @@ -4877,6 +4879,42 @@ See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst for more details. + tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async + Abort (TAA) vulnerability. + + Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) + certain CPUs that support Transactional + Synchronization Extensions (TSX) 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 TAA mitigation. The + options are: + + full - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs + if TSX is enabled. + + full,nosmt - Enable TAA mitigation and disable SMT on + vulnerable CPUs. If TSX is disabled, SMT + is not disabled because CPU is not + vulnerable to cross-thread TAA attacks. + off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected + and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not + required and doesn't provide any additional + mitigation. + + For details see: + Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst + turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface Format: |