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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 26 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 5dfd26265484..520fdec15bbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3255,6 +3255,12 @@ pt. [PARIDE] See Documentation/blockdev/paride.txt. + pti= [X86_64] + Control user/kernel address space isolation: + on - enable + off - disable + auto - default setting + pty.legacy_count= [KNL] Number of legacy pty's. Overwrites compiled-in default number. diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c index 375f23a758bc..a13f6b109865 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c @@ -54,21 +54,45 @@ static void __init pti_print_if_insecure(const char *reason) pr_info("%s\n", reason); } +static void __init pti_print_if_secure(const char *reason) +{ + if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE)) + pr_info("%s\n", reason); +} + void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(void) { + char arg[5]; + int ret; + if (hypervisor_is_type(X86_HYPER_XEN_PV)) { pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on XEN PV."); return; } + ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "pti", arg, sizeof(arg)); + if (ret > 0) { + if (ret == 3 && !strncmp(arg, "off", 3)) { + pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line."); + return; + } + if (ret == 2 && !strncmp(arg, "on", 2)) { + pti_print_if_secure("force enabled on command line."); + goto enable; + } + if (ret == 4 && !strncmp(arg, "auto", 4)) + goto autosel; + } + if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nopti")) { pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line."); return; } +autosel: if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE)) return; - +enable: setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PTI); } |