linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 00/21] x86/pti: Defer CR3 switch to C code

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Message-ID: <20201117182809.GK5719@zn.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:28:09 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v2 00/21] x86/pti: Defer CR3 switch to C code

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 07:12:07PM +0100, Alexandre Chartre wrote:
> Yes. L1TF/MDS allow some inter cpu-thread attacks which are not mitigated at
> the moment. In particular, this allows a guest VM to attack another guest VM
> or the host kernel running on a sibling cpu-thread. Core Scheduling will
> mitigate the guest-to-guest attack but not the guest-to-host attack.

I see in vmx_vcpu_enter_exit():

        /* L1D Flush includes CPU buffer clear to mitigate MDS */
        if (static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_should_flush))
                vmx_l1d_flush(vcpu);
        else if (static_branch_unlikely(&mds_user_clear))
                mds_clear_cpu_buffers();

Is that not enough?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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