From: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 34bce7c9690b1d897686aac89604ba7adc365556 upstream. If enhanced IBRS is active, STIBP is redundant for mitigating Spectre v2 user space exploits from hyperthread sibling. Disable STIBP when enhanced IBRS is used. Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey.schaufler@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Asit Mallick <asit.k.mallick@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jon Masters <jcm@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <longman9394@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Stewart <david.c.stewart@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181125185003.966801480@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -317,6 +317,10 @@ static bool stibp_needed(void) if (spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_NONE) return false; + /* Enhanced IBRS makes using STIBP unnecessary. */ + if (spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS_ENHANCED) + return false; + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP)) return false; @@ -761,6 +765,9 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigatio static char *stibp_state(void) { + if (spectre_v2_enabled == SPECTRE_V2_IBRS_ENHANCED) + return ""; + if (x86_spec_ctrl_base & SPEC_CTRL_STIBP) return ", STIBP"; else
