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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-05-21 11:23:26 -0700 |
commit | 3b78ce4a34b761c7fe13520de822984019ff1a8f (patch) | |
tree | 63b93664a184c2d561a70c7f8d16a388750739f7 /Documentation/admin-guide | |
parent | 6741c4bb389da103c0d79ad1961884628900bfe6 (diff) | |
parent | af86ca4e3088fe5eacf2f7e58c01fa68ca067672 (diff) |
Merge branch 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Merge speculative store buffer bypass fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
- rework of the SPEC_CTRL MSR management to accomodate the new fancy
SSBD (Speculative Store Bypass Disable) bit handling.
- the CPU bug and sysfs infrastructure for the exciting new Speculative
Store Bypass 'feature'.
- support for disabling SSB via LS_CFG MSR on AMD CPUs including
Hyperthread synchronization on ZEN.
- PRCTL support for dynamic runtime control of SSB
- SECCOMP integration to automatically disable SSB for sandboxed
processes with a filter flag for opt-out.
- KVM integration to allow guests fiddling with SSBD including the new
software MSR VIRT_SPEC_CTRL to handle the LS_CFG based oddities on
AMD.
- BPF protection against SSB
.. this is just the core and x86 side, other architecture support will
come separately.
* 'speck-v20' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (49 commits)
bpf: Prevent memory disambiguation attack
x86/bugs: Rename SSBD_NO to SSB_NO
KVM: SVM: Implement VIRT_SPEC_CTRL support for SSBD
x86/speculation, KVM: Implement support for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL/LS_CFG
x86/bugs: Rework spec_ctrl base and mask logic
x86/bugs: Remove x86_spec_ctrl_set()
x86/bugs: Expose x86_spec_ctrl_base directly
x86/bugs: Unify x86_spec_ctrl_{set_guest,restore_host}
x86/speculation: Rework speculative_store_bypass_update()
x86/speculation: Add virtualized speculative store bypass disable support
x86/bugs, KVM: Extend speculation control for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL
x86/speculation: Handle HT correctly on AMD
x86/cpufeatures: Add FEATURE_ZEN
x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle SSBD enumeration
x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle MSR_SPEC_CTRL enumeration from IBRS
x86/speculation: Use synthetic bits for IBRS/IBPB/STIBP
KVM: SVM: Move spec control call after restore of GS
x86/cpu: Make alternative_msr_write work for 32-bit code
x86/bugs: Fix the parameters alignment and missing void
x86/bugs: Make cpu_show_common() static
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 45 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 11fc28ecdb6d..f2040d46f095 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2680,6 +2680,9 @@ allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent to spectre_v2=off. + nospec_store_bypass_disable + [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability + noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. @@ -4025,6 +4028,48 @@ Not specifying this option is equivalent to spectre_v2=auto. + spec_store_bypass_disable= + [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation + (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability) + + Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a + a common industry wide performance optimization known + as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores + to the same memory location may not be observed by + later loads during speculative execution. The idea + is that such stores are unlikely and that they can + be detected prior to instruction retirement at the + end of a particular speculation execution window. + + In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded + store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for + example to read memory to which the attacker does not + directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code). + + This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store + Bypass optimization is used. + + on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass + off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass + auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an + implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and + picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the + CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the + CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is + architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below. + prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread + via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled + for a process by default. The state of the control + is inherited on fork. + seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads + will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out. + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + spec_store_bypass_disable=auto. + + Default mitigations: + X86: If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl" + spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] spia_fio_base= spia_pedr= |