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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.rst | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 36 |
2 files changed, 39 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.rst index b6cfb51cb0b4..e715bfc09879 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.rst @@ -46,12 +46,22 @@ The possible values in this file are: The processor is not vulnerable - * 'Vulnerable: no microcode': +* 'Vulnerable': + + The processor is vulnerable and no mitigations have been applied. + + * 'Vulnerable: No microcode': The processor is vulnerable, no microcode extending IBPB functionality to address the vulnerability has been applied. - * 'Mitigation: microcode': + * 'Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode': + + The "Safe RET" mitigation (see below) has been applied to protect the + kernel, but the IBPB-extending microcode has not been applied. User + space tasks may still be vulnerable. + + * 'Vulnerable: Microcode, no safe RET': Extended IBPB functionality microcode patch has been applied. It does not address User->Kernel and Guest->Host transitions protection but it @@ -72,11 +82,11 @@ The possible values in this file are: (spec_rstack_overflow=microcode) - * 'Mitigation: safe RET': + * 'Mitigation: Safe RET': - Software-only mitigation. It complements the extended IBPB microcode - patch functionality by addressing User->Kernel and Guest->Host - transitions protection. + Combined microcode/software mitigation. It complements the + extended IBPB microcode patch functionality by addressing + User->Kernel and Guest->Host transitions protection. Selected by default or by spec_rstack_overflow=safe-ret @@ -129,7 +139,7 @@ an indrect branch prediction barrier after having applied the required microcode patch for one's system. This mitigation comes also at a performance cost. -Mitigation: safe RET +Mitigation: Safe RET -------------------- The mitigation works by ensuring all RET instructions speculate to diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index d5db0baca2f1..a55a3864df1c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -2353,6 +2353,8 @@ early_param("l1tf", l1tf_cmdline); enum srso_mitigation { SRSO_MITIGATION_NONE, + SRSO_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED, + SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET_UCODE_NEEDED, SRSO_MITIGATION_MICROCODE, SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET, SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB, @@ -2368,11 +2370,13 @@ enum srso_mitigation_cmd { }; static const char * const srso_strings[] = { - [SRSO_MITIGATION_NONE] = "Vulnerable", - [SRSO_MITIGATION_MICROCODE] = "Mitigation: microcode", - [SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET] = "Mitigation: safe RET", - [SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB] = "Mitigation: IBPB", - [SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB_ON_VMEXIT] = "Mitigation: IBPB on VMEXIT only" + [SRSO_MITIGATION_NONE] = "Vulnerable", + [SRSO_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED] = "Vulnerable: No microcode", + [SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET_UCODE_NEEDED] = "Vulnerable: Safe RET, no microcode", + [SRSO_MITIGATION_MICROCODE] = "Vulnerable: Microcode, no safe RET", + [SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET] = "Mitigation: Safe RET", + [SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB] = "Mitigation: IBPB", + [SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB_ON_VMEXIT] = "Mitigation: IBPB on VMEXIT only" }; static enum srso_mitigation srso_mitigation __ro_after_init = SRSO_MITIGATION_NONE; @@ -2409,10 +2413,7 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void) if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SRSO) || cpu_mitigations_off()) goto pred_cmd; - if (!has_microcode) { - pr_warn("IBPB-extending microcode not applied!\n"); - pr_warn(SRSO_NOTICE); - } else { + if (has_microcode) { /* * Zen1/2 with SMT off aren't vulnerable after the right * IBPB microcode has been applied. @@ -2428,6 +2429,12 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void) srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_IBPB; goto out; } + } else { + pr_warn("IBPB-extending microcode not applied!\n"); + pr_warn(SRSO_NOTICE); + + /* may be overwritten by SRSO_CMD_SAFE_RET below */ + srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED; } switch (srso_cmd) { @@ -2457,7 +2464,10 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void) setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SRSO); x86_return_thunk = srso_return_thunk; } - srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET; + if (has_microcode) + srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET; + else + srso_mitigation = SRSO_MITIGATION_SAFE_RET_UCODE_NEEDED; } else { pr_err("WARNING: kernel not compiled with CPU_SRSO.\n"); goto pred_cmd; @@ -2493,7 +2503,7 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void) } out: - pr_info("%s%s\n", srso_strings[srso_mitigation], has_microcode ? "" : ", no microcode"); + pr_info("%s\n", srso_strings[srso_mitigation]); pred_cmd: if ((!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SRSO) || srso_cmd == SRSO_CMD_OFF) && @@ -2704,9 +2714,7 @@ static ssize_t srso_show_state(char *buf) if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SRSO_NO)) return sysfs_emit(buf, "Mitigation: SMT disabled\n"); - return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s%s\n", - srso_strings[srso_mitigation], - boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE) ? "" : ", no microcode"); + return sysfs_emit(buf, "%s\n", srso_strings[srso_mitigation]); } static ssize_t gds_show_state(char *buf) |