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authorJames Morris <james.morris@microsoft.com>2018-03-23 08:26:16 +1100
committerJames Morris <james.morris@microsoft.com>2018-03-23 08:26:16 +1100
commit5893ed18a26d1f56b97c0290b0cbbc2d49d6de28 (patch)
tree97aa931519fca28a0a12fad7485347198f8267cc /arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
parent7bd698b3c04e61ee9e03d4c2a55003f75df14dca (diff)
parentc698ca5278934c0ae32297a8725ced2e27585d7f (diff)
Merge tag 'v4.16-rc6' into next-general
Merge to Linux 4.16-rc6 at the request of Jarkko, for his TPM updates.
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index d71c8b54b696..bfca937bdcc3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@ retpoline_auto:
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB);
pr_info("Spectre v2 mitigation: Enabling Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier\n");
}
+
+ /*
+ * Retpoline means the kernel is safe because it has no indirect
+ * branches. But firmware isn't, so use IBRS to protect that.
+ */
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBRS)) {
+ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBRS_FW);
+ pr_info("Enabling Restricted Speculation for firmware calls\n");
+ }
}
#undef pr_fmt
@@ -326,8 +335,9 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_spectre_v2(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, c
if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2))
return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
- return sprintf(buf, "%s%s%s\n", spectre_v2_strings[spectre_v2_enabled],
+ return sprintf(buf, "%s%s%s%s\n", spectre_v2_strings[spectre_v2_enabled],
boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB) ? ", IBPB" : "",
+ boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBRS_FW) ? ", IBRS_FW" : "",
spectre_v2_module_string());
}
#endif