linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 29/36] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2

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Message-ID: <20250310164023.779191-30-david.kaplan@amd.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:40:16 -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 29/36] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for spectre_v2_user

Use attack vector controls to determine if spectre_v2_user mitigation is
required.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 4d72c6dd66e8..e06dee765fd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void)
 	char arg[20];
 	int ret, i;
 
-	if (cpu_mitigations_off() || !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2))
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2))
 		return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_NONE;
 
 	ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2_user",
@@ -1560,6 +1560,13 @@ spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation(void)
 		spectre_v2_user_stibp = SPECTRE_V2_USER_STRICT;
 		break;
 	case SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO:
+		if (!should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2_USER))
+			return;
+		spectre_v2_user_ibpb = SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL;
+		if (smt_mitigations == SMT_MITIGATIONS_OFF)
+			return;
+		spectre_v2_user_stibp = SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL;
+		break;
 	case SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_PRCTL:
 		spectre_v2_user_ibpb = SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL;
 		spectre_v2_user_stibp = SPECTRE_V2_USER_PRCTL;
-- 
2.34.1