From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 332924973725e8cdcc783c175f68cf7e162cb9e5 upstream. Turns out that i386 doesn't unconditionally have LFENCE, as such the loop in __FILL_RETURN_BUFFER isn't actually speculation safe on such chips. Fixes: ba6e31af2be9 ("x86/speculation: Add LFENCE to RSB fill sequence") Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/Yv9tj9vbQ9nNlXoY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ * the optimal version — two calls, each with their own speculation * trap should their return address end up getting used, in a loop. */ +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 #define __FILL_RETURN_BUFFER(reg, nr) \ mov $(nr/2), reg; \ 771: \ @@ -60,6 +61,17 @@ jnz 771b; \ /* barrier for jnz misprediction */ \ lfence; +#else +/* + * i386 doesn't unconditionally have LFENCE, as such it can't + * do a loop. + */ +#define __FILL_RETURN_BUFFER(reg, nr) \ + .rept nr; \ + __FILL_RETURN_SLOT; \ + .endr; \ + add $(BITS_PER_LONG/8) * nr, %_ASM_SP; +#endif /* * Stuff a single RSB slot.