linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 28/36] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for retbleed

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Message-ID: <20250310164023.779191-29-david.kaplan@amd.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:40:15 -0500
From: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, Ingo Molnar
	<mingo@...hat.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	<x86@...nel.org>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>,
	Derek Manwaring <derekmn@...zon.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 28/36] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for retbleed

Use attack vector controls to determine if retbleed mitigation is
required.

Disable SMT if cross-thread protection is desired and STIBP is not
available.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 00f679dcc28a..4d72c6dd66e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ early_param("retbleed", retbleed_parse_cmdline);
 
 static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
 {
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED)) {
 		retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1272,23 +1272,27 @@ static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
 	}
 
 	if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_AUTO) {
-		/* Intel mitigation selected in retbleed_update_mitigation() */
-		if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD ||
-		    boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_HYGON) {
-			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY))
-				retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_UNRET;
-			else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBPB_ENTRY) &&
-				 boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
-				retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB;
-			else
-				retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
+		if (should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_RETBLEED)) {
+			/* Intel mitigation selected in retbleed_update_mitigation() */
+			if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD ||
+			    boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_HYGON) {
+				if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY))
+					retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_UNRET;
+				else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBPB_ENTRY) &&
+					 boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
+					retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB;
+				else
+					retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
+			}
+		} else {
+			retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 static void __init retbleed_update_mitigation(void)
 {
-	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED) || cpu_mitigations_off())
+	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED))
 		return;
 
 	if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE)
@@ -1386,7 +1390,7 @@ static void __init retbleed_apply_mitigation(void)
 	}
 
 	if (mitigate_smt && !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP) &&
-	    (retbleed_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt()))
+	    (retbleed_nosmt || smt_mitigations == SMT_MITIGATIONS_ON))
 		cpu_smt_disable(false);
 }
 
-- 
2.34.1