This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled KVM: VMX: Fix IBRS handling after vmexit to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: kvm-vmx-fix-ibrs-handling-after-vmexit.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Mon Oct 31 07:55:50 AM CET 2022 From: Suraj Jitindar Singh <surajjs@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:55:31 -0700 Subject: KVM: VMX: Fix IBRS handling after vmexit To: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <surajjs@xxxxxxxxxx>, <sjitindarsingh@xxxxxxxxx>, <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>, <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>, <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <x86@xxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <20221027205533.17873-2-surajjs@xxxxxxxxxx> From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> commit bea7e31a5caccb6fe8ed989c065072354f0ecb52 upstream. For legacy IBRS to work, the IBRS bit needs to be always re-written after vmexit, even if it's already on. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c @@ -9781,8 +9781,13 @@ u64 __always_inline vmx_spec_ctrl_restor /* * If the guest/host SPEC_CTRL values differ, restore the host value. + * + * For legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit always needs to be written after + * transitioning from a less privileged predictor mode, regardless of + * whether the guest/host values differ. */ - if (guestval != hostval) + if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_KERNEL_IBRS) || + guestval != hostval) native_wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL, hostval); barrier_nospec(); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from surajjs@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/x86-speculation-disable-rrsba-behavior.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-report-intel-retbleed-vulnerability.patch queue-4.14/x86-entry-add-kernel-ibrs-implementation.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-warn-when-ibrs-mitigation-is-selected-on-enhanced-ibrs-parts.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu-add-a-steppings-field-to-struct-x86_cpu_id.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-fix-spec_ctrl-write-on-smt-state-change.patch queue-4.14/entel_idle-disable-ibrs-during-long-idle.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-use-cached-host-spec_ctrl-value-for-guest-entry-exit.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-change-fill_return_buffer-to-work-with-objtool.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-add-lfence-to-rsb-fill-sequence.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-report-amd-retbleed-vulnerability.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-add-spectre_v2-ibrs-option-to-support-kernel-ibrs.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-keep-a-per-cpu-ia32_spec_ctrl-value.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-fill-rsb-on-vmexit-for-ibrs.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-fix-rsb-filling-with-config_retpoline-n.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-add-rsb-vm-exit-protections.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-optimize-spec_ctrl-msr-writes.patch queue-4.14/kvm-vmx-fix-ibrs-handling-after-vmexit.patch queue-4.14/kvm-vmx-prevent-guest-rsb-poisoning-attacks-with-eibrs.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-fix-firmware-entry-spec_ctrl-handling.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-add-amd-retbleed-boot-parameter.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu-add-consistent-cpu-match-macros.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-remove-x86_spec_ctrl_mask.patch queue-4.14/x86-speculation-use-declare_per_cpu-for-x86_spec_ctrl_current.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpufeature-fix-various-quality-problems-in-the-asm-cpu_device_hd.h-header.patch queue-4.14/x86-entry-remove-skip_r11rcx.patch queue-4.14/revert-x86-cpu-add-a-steppings-field-to-struct-x86_cpu_id.patch queue-4.14/x86-common-stamp-out-the-stepping-madness.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu-amd-enumerate-btc_no.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-add-cannon-lake-to-retbleed-affected-cpu-list.patch queue-4.14/x86-devicetable-move-x86-specific-macro-out-of-generic-code.patch queue-4.14/x86-bugs-split-spectre_v2_select_mitigation-and-spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-move-retpoline-flags-to-word-11.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpufeature-add-facility-to-check-for-min-microcode-revisions.patch