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<entry>
<title>x86/tsx: Disable TSX development mode at boot</title>
<updated>2022-04-20T07:34:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pawan Gupta</name>
<email>pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-10T22:02:09+00:00</published>
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commit 400331f8ffa3bec5c561417e5eec6848464e9160 upstream.

A microcode update on some Intel processors causes all TSX transactions
to always abort by default[*]. Microcode also added functionality to
re-enable TSX for development purposes. With this microcode loaded, if
tsx=on was passed on the cmdline, and TSX development mode was already
enabled before the kernel boot, it may make the system vulnerable to TSX
Asynchronous Abort (TAA).

To be on safer side, unconditionally disable TSX development mode during
boot. If a viable use case appears, this can be revisited later.

  [*]: Intel TSX Disable Update for Selected Processors, doc ID: 643557

  [ bp: Drop unstable web link, massage heavily. ]

Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper &lt;andrew.cooper3@citrix.com&gt;
Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Tested-by: Neelima Krishnan &lt;neelima.krishnan@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/347bd844da3a333a9793c6687d4e4eb3b2419a3e.1646943780.git.pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/tsx: Use MSR_TSX_CTRL to clear CPUID bits</title>
<updated>2022-04-20T07:34:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Pawan Gupta</name>
<email>pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-10T22:00:59+00:00</published>
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commit 258f3b8c3210b03386e4ad92b4bd8652b5c1beb3 upstream.

tsx_clear_cpuid() uses MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT to clear CPUID.RTM and
CPUID.HLE. Not all CPUs support MSR_TSX_FORCE_ABORT, alternatively use
MSR_IA32_TSX_CTRL when supported.

  [ bp: Document how and why TSX gets disabled. ]

Fixes: 293649307ef9 ("x86/tsx: Clear CPUID bits when TSX always force aborts")
Reported-by: kernel test robot &lt;lkp@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta &lt;pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Tested-by: Neelima Krishnan &lt;neelima.krishnan@intel.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5b323e77e251a9c8bcdda498c5cc0095be1e1d3c.1646943780.git.pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/sgx: Free backing memory after faulting the enclave page</title>
<updated>2022-03-16T13:23:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jarkko Sakkinen</name>
<email>jarkko@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-03T22:38:58+00:00</published>
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commit 08999b2489b4c9b939d7483dbd03702ee4576d96 upstream.

There is a limited amount of SGX memory (EPC) on each system.  When that
memory is used up, SGX has its own swapping mechanism which is similar
in concept but totally separate from the core mm/* code.  Instead of
swapping to disk, SGX swaps from EPC to normal RAM.  That normal RAM
comes from a shared memory pseudo-file and can itself be swapped by the
core mm code.  There is a hierarchy like this:

	EPC &lt;-&gt; shmem &lt;-&gt; disk

After data is swapped back in from shmem to EPC, the shmem backing
storage needs to be freed.  Currently, the backing shmem is not freed.
This effectively wastes the shmem while the enclave is running.  The
memory is recovered when the enclave is destroyed and the backing
storage freed.

Sort this out by freeing memory with shmem_truncate_range(), as soon as
a page is faulted back to the EPC.  In addition, free the memory for
PCMD pages as soon as all PCMD's in a page have been marked as unused
by zeroing its contents.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 1728ab54b4be ("x86/sgx: Add a page reclaimer")
Reported-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen &lt;jarkko@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220303223859.273187-1-jarkko@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>x86/speculation: Warn about eIBRS + LFENCE + Unprivileged eBPF + SMT</title>
<updated>2022-03-11T11:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-25T22:32:28+00:00</published>
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commit 0de05d056afdb00eca8c7bbb0c79a3438daf700c upstream.

The commit

   44a3918c8245 ("x86/speculation: Include unprivileged eBPF status in Spectre v2 mitigation reporting")

added a warning for the "eIBRS + unprivileged eBPF" combination, which
has been shown to be vulnerable against Spectre v2 BHB-based attacks.

However, there's no warning about the "eIBRS + LFENCE retpoline +
unprivileged eBPF" combo. The LFENCE adds more protection by shortening
the speculation window after a mispredicted branch. That makes an attack
significantly more difficult, even with unprivileged eBPF. So at least
for now the logic doesn't warn about that combination.

But if you then add SMT into the mix, the SMT attack angle weakens the
effectiveness of the LFENCE considerably.

So extend the "eIBRS + unprivileged eBPF" warning to also include the
"eIBRS + LFENCE + unprivileged eBPF + SMT" case.

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Suggested-by: Alyssa Milburn &lt;alyssa.milburn@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/speculation: Warn about Spectre v2 LFENCE mitigation</title>
<updated>2022-03-11T11:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-25T22:31:49+00:00</published>
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commit eafd987d4a82c7bb5aa12f0e3b4f8f3dea93e678 upstream.

With:

  f8a66d608a3e ("x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd")

it became possible to enable the LFENCE "retpoline" on Intel. However,
Intel doesn't recommend it, as it has some weaknesses compared to
retpoline.

Now AMD doesn't recommend it either.

It can still be left available as a cmdline option. It's faster than
retpoline but is weaker in certain scenarios -- particularly SMT, but
even non-SMT may be vulnerable in some cases.

So just unconditionally warn if the user requests it on the cmdline.

  [ bp: Massage commit message. ]

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/speculation: Use generic retpoline by default on AMD</title>
<updated>2022-03-11T11:22:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kim Phillips</name>
<email>kim.phillips@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-28T17:23:15+00:00</published>
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commit 244d00b5dd4755f8df892c86cab35fb2cfd4f14b upstream.

AMD retpoline may be susceptible to speculation. The speculation
execution window for an incorrect indirect branch prediction using
LFENCE/JMP sequence may potentially be large enough to allow
exploitation using Spectre V2.

By default, don't use retpoline,lfence on AMD.  Instead, use the
generic retpoline.

Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips &lt;kim.phillips@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/speculation: Include unprivileged eBPF status in Spectre v2 mitigation reporting</title>
<updated>2022-03-11T11:22:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Josh Poimboeuf</name>
<email>jpoimboe@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-18T19:49:08+00:00</published>
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commit 44a3918c8245ab10c6c9719dd12e7a8d291980d8 upstream.

With unprivileged eBPF enabled, eIBRS (without retpoline) is vulnerable
to Spectre v2 BHB-based attacks.

When both are enabled, print a warning message and report it in the
'spectre_v2' sysfs vulnerabilities file.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
[fllinden@amazon.com: backported to 5.15]
Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden &lt;fllinden@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/speculation: Add eIBRS + Retpoline options</title>
<updated>2022-03-11T11:22:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-16T19:57:01+00:00</published>
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commit 1e19da8522c81bf46b335f84137165741e0d82b7 upstream.

Thanks to the chaps at VUsec it is now clear that eIBRS is not
sufficient, therefore allow enabling of retpolines along with eIBRS.

Add spectre_v2=eibrs, spectre_v2=eibrs,lfence and
spectre_v2=eibrs,retpoline options to explicitly pick your preferred
means of mitigation.

Since there's new mitigations there's also user visible changes in
/sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2 to reflect these
new mitigations.

  [ bp: Massage commit message, trim error messages,
    do more precise eIBRS mode checking. ]

Co-developed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Patrick Colp &lt;patrick.colp@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/speculation: Rename RETPOLINE_AMD to RETPOLINE_LFENCE</title>
<updated>2022-03-11T11:22:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra (Intel)</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-16T19:57:00+00:00</published>
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commit d45476d9832409371537013ebdd8dc1a7781f97a upstream.

The RETPOLINE_AMD name is unfortunate since it isn't necessarily
AMD only, in fact Hygon also uses it. Furthermore it will likely be
sufficient for some Intel processors. Therefore rename the thing to
RETPOLINE_LFENCE to better describe what it is.

Add the spectre_v2=retpoline,lfence option as an alias to
spectre_v2=retpoline,amd to preserve existing setups. However, the output
of /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v2 will be changed.

  [ bp: Fix typos, massage. ]

Co-developed-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
[fllinden@amazon.com: backported to 5.15]
Signed-off-by: Frank van der Linden &lt;fllinden@amazon.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86,bugs: Unconditionally allow spectre_v2=retpoline,amd</title>
<updated>2022-03-11T11:22:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-26T12:01:46+00:00</published>
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commit f8a66d608a3e471e1202778c2a36cbdc96bae73b upstream.

Currently Linux prevents usage of retpoline,amd on !AMD hardware, this
is unfriendly and gets in the way of testing. Remove this restriction.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Alexei Starovoitov &lt;ast@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026120310.487348118@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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