Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:23:21 -0800 | From | Pawan Gupta <> | Subject | [PATCH v2] x86/bugs: Default retbleed to =stuff when retpoline is enabled |
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On Intel systems when retpoline mitigation is enabled for spectre-v2, retbleed=auto does not enable RSB stuffing. This may make the system vulnerable to retbleed. Retpoline is not the default mitigation when IBRS is present, but in virtualized cases a VMM can hide IBRS from guests, resulting in guest deploying retpoline by default. Even if IBRS is enumerated, a user can still select spectre_v2=retpoline.
As with other mitigations, mitigate retbleed by default. On Intel systems when retpoline is enabled, and retbleed mitigation is set to auto, enable Call Depth Tracking and RSB stuffing i.e. retbleed=stuff mitigation. For AMD/Hygon auto mode already selects the appropriate mitigation.
Reported-by: Alyssa Milburn <alyssa.milburn@intel.com> Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com> --- v2: - Mitigate retbleed by default for spectre_v2=retpoline. (Josh) - Add the missing ',' in the comment. (Josh) - Rebased to v6.8-rc4
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240208-retbleed-auto-stuff-v1-1-6f12e513868f@linux.intel.com --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index bb0ab8466b91..3aa473b08d6e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -1025,11 +1025,17 @@ static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void) retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_UNRET; else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CPU_IBPB_ENTRY) && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB)) retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB; + } else if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && + spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_RETPOLINE) { + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING)) + retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_STUFF; + else + pr_err("WARNING: Retpoline enabled, but kernel not compiled with CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING.\n"); } /* - * The Intel mitigation (IBRS or eIBRS) was already selected in - * spectre_v2_select_mitigation(). 'retbleed_mitigation' will + * If Intel mitigation (IBRS or eIBRS) was already selected in + * spectre_v2_select_mitigation(), 'retbleed_mitigation' will * be set accordingly below. */ --- base-commit: 841c35169323cd833294798e58b9bf63fa4fa1de change-id: 20240208-retbleed-auto-stuff-53e0fa91305e
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