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-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt5
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h5
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c9
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S2
6 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
index 7cb99b09827ce3..b70b1d8bd8e657 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst
@@ -439,10 +439,12 @@ The possible values in this file are:
- System is protected by retpoline
* - BHI: BHI_DIS_S
- System is protected by BHI_DIS_S
- * - BHI: SW loop
+ * - BHI: SW loop; KVM SW loop
- System is protected by software clearing sequence
* - BHI: Syscall hardening
- Syscalls are hardened against BHI
+ * - BHI: Syscall hardening; KVM: SW loop
+ - System is protected from userspace attacks by syscall hardening; KVM is protected by software clearing sequence
Full mitigation might require a microcode update from the CPU
vendor. When the necessary microcode is not available, the kernel will
@@ -669,7 +671,8 @@ kernel command line.
unconditionally disable.
auto
enable if hardware mitigation
- control(BHI_DIS_S) is available.
+ control(BHI_DIS_S) is available, otherwise
+ enable alternate mitigation in KVM.
For spectre_v2_user see Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 2dbe60c1db225d..4fa46302f4368c 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6071,8 +6071,9 @@
on - unconditionally enable.
off - unconditionally disable.
- auto - (default) enable only if hardware mitigation
- control(BHI_DIS_S) is available.
+ auto - (default) enable hardware mitigation
+ (BHI_DIS_S) if available, otherwise enable
+ alternate mitigation in KVM.
spectre_v2= [X86,EARLY] Control mitigation of Spectre variant 2
(indirect branch speculation) vulnerability.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index a2ee9a00e4a7ee..3c7434329661c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@
#define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP (21*32+ 1) /* "" Clear branch history at syscall entry using SW loop */
#define X86_FEATURE_BHI_CTRL (21*32+ 2) /* "" BHI_DIS_S HW control available */
#define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_HW (21*32+ 3) /* "" BHI_DIS_S HW control enabled */
+#define X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT (21*32+ 4) /* "" Clear branch history at vmexit using SW loop */
/*
* BUG word(s)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
index aea40204278b64..ff5f1ecc7d1e65 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
@@ -330,8 +330,13 @@
.macro CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY
ALTERNATIVE "", "call clear_bhb_loop", X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP
.endm
+
+.macro CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY_VMEXIT
+ ALTERNATIVE "", "call clear_bhb_loop", X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT
+.endm
#else
#define CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY
+#define CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY_VMEXIT
#endif
#else /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 1ab27502988874..295463707e6818 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1668,9 +1668,14 @@ static void __init bhi_select_mitigation(void)
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64))
return;
+ /* Mitigate KVM by default */
+ setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT);
+ pr_info("Spectre BHI mitigation: SW BHB clearing on vm exit\n");
+
if (bhi_mitigation == BHI_MITIGATION_AUTO)
return;
+ /* Mitigate syscalls when the mitigation is forced =on */
setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP);
pr_info("Spectre BHI mitigation: SW BHB clearing on syscall\n");
}
@@ -2811,10 +2816,12 @@ static const char * const spectre_bhi_state(void)
else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_HW))
return "; BHI: BHI_DIS_S";
else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP))
- return "; BHI: SW loop";
+ return "; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop";
else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE) &&
!(x86_read_arch_cap_msr() & ARCH_CAP_RRSBA))
return "; BHI: Retpoline";
+ else if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLEAR_BHB_LOOP_ON_VMEXIT))
+ return "; BHI: Syscall hardening, KVM: SW loop";
return "; BHI: Vulnerable (Syscall hardening enabled)";
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
index 0f3593e10c57d8..f6986dee6f8c7c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ SYM_INNER_LABEL_ALIGN(vmx_vmexit, SYM_L_GLOBAL)
call vmx_spec_ctrl_restore_host
- CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY
+ CLEAR_BRANCH_HISTORY_VMEXIT
/* Put return value in AX */
mov %_ASM_BX, %_ASM_AX