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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2019-02-20 09:40:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2019-05-14 19:17:57 +0200 |
| commit | c50e81fe8a1350f3fb8f355683ed1e6abf368b92 (patch) | |
| tree | 196e636899acafbb7da9d83ea23cff58f59f7537 /arch/x86/kernel/cpu | |
| parent | 8230c2028dce0aa3618524fd69e89bb6084789e6 (diff) | |
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x86/speculation/mds: Add mitigation mode VMWERV
commit 22dd8365088b6403630b82423cf906491859b65e upstream
In virtualized environments it can happen that the host has the microcode
update which utilizes the VERW instruction to clear CPU buffers, but the
hypervisor is not yet updated to expose the X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR CPUID bit
to guests.
Introduce an internal mitigation mode VMWERV which enables the invocation
of the CPU buffer clearing even if X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR is not set. If the
system has no updated microcode this results in a pointless execution of
the VERW instruction wasting a few CPU cycles. If the microcode is updated,
but not exposed to a guest then the CPU buffers will be cleared.
That said: Virtual Machines Will Eventually Receive Vaccine
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index 50b7d2a980e8..053d71a3b9cc 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ 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" + [MDS_MITIGATION_FULL] = "Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers", + [MDS_MITIGATION_VMWERV] = "Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode", }; static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void) @@ -233,10 +234,9 @@ static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void) } 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; + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MD_CLEAR)) + mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_VMWERV; + static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear); } pr_info("%s\n", mds_strings[mds_mitigation]); } @@ -690,8 +690,14 @@ void arch_smt_update(void) break; } - if (mds_mitigation == MDS_MITIGATION_FULL) + switch (mds_mitigation) { + case MDS_MITIGATION_FULL: + case MDS_MITIGATION_VMWERV: update_mds_branch_idle(); + break; + case MDS_MITIGATION_OFF: + break; + } mutex_unlock(&spec_ctrl_mutex); } |