This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/cpu: Fix __x86_return_thunk symbol type to the 6.4-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: x86-cpu-fix-__x86_return_thunk-symbol-type.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 77f67119004296a9b2503b377d610e08b08afc2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 13:44:27 +0200 Subject: x86/cpu: Fix __x86_return_thunk symbol type From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 77f67119004296a9b2503b377d610e08b08afc2a upstream. Commit fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation") reimplemented __x86_return_thunk with a mix of SYM_FUNC_START and SYM_CODE_END, this is not a sane combination. Since nothing should ever actually 'CALL' this, make it consistently CODE. Fixes: fb3bd914b3ec ("x86/srso: Add a Speculative RAS Overflow mitigation") Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814121148.571027074@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S +++ b/arch/x86/lib/retpoline.S @@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ SYM_CODE_END(srso_safe_ret) SYM_FUNC_END(srso_untrain_ret) __EXPORT_THUNK(srso_untrain_ret) -SYM_FUNC_START(__x86_return_thunk) +SYM_CODE_START(__x86_return_thunk) + UNWIND_HINT_FUNC + ANNOTATE_NOENDBR ALTERNATIVE_2 "jmp __ret", "call srso_safe_ret", X86_FEATURE_SRSO, \ "call srso_safe_ret_alias", X86_FEATURE_SRSO_ALIAS int3 Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-6.4/x86-cpu-fix-up-srso_safe_ret-and-__x86_return_thunk.patch queue-6.4/x86-static_call-fix-__static_call_fixup.patch queue-6.4/x86-cpu-cleanup-the-untrain-mess.patch queue-6.4/iopoll-call-cpu_relax-in-busy-loops.patch queue-6.4/objtool-x86-fixup-frame-pointer-vs-rethunk.patch queue-6.4/x86-retpoline-kprobes-skip-optprobe-check-for-indirect-jumps-with-retpolines-and-ibt.patch queue-6.4/x86-retpoline-kprobes-fix-position-of-thunk-sections-with-config_lto_clang.patch queue-6.4/x86-cpu-kvm-provide-untrain_ret_vm.patch queue-6.4/x86-cpu-rename-srso_-.-_alias-to-srso_alias_-1.patch queue-6.4/x86-alternative-make-custom-return-thunk-unconditional.patch queue-6.4/x86-cpu-rename-original-retbleed-methods.patch queue-6.4/objtool-x86-fix-srso-mess.patch queue-6.4/x86-cpu-clean-up-srso-return-thunk-mess.patch queue-6.4/x86-cpu-fix-__x86_return_thunk-symbol-type.patch