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Message-ID: <175225018389.406.12657174970653843515.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:09:43 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for David Kaplan" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>,
 "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@...en8.de>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/bugs] x86/bugs: Define attack vectors relevant for each bug

The following commit has been merged into the x86/bugs branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2d31d2874663cde2cab8c18bfb52ed8be6dfa958
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2d31d2874663cde2cab8c18bfb52ed8be6dfa958
Author:        David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:32:59 -05:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:56:40 +02:00

x86/bugs: Define attack vectors relevant for each bug

Add a function which defines which vulnerabilities should be mitigated
based on the selected attack vector controls.  The selections here are
based on the individual characteristics of each vulnerability.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250707183316.1349127-5-david.kaplan@amd.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 88769c4..b083e7e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -332,6 +332,62 @@ static void x86_amd_ssb_disable(void)
 #undef pr_fmt
 #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"MDS: " fmt
 
+/*
+ * Returns true if vulnerability should be mitigated based on the
+ * selected attack vector controls.
+ *
+ * See Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/attack_vector_controls.rst
+ */
+static bool __init should_mitigate_vuln(unsigned int bug)
+{
+	switch (bug) {
+	/*
+	 * The only runtime-selected spectre_v1 mitigations in the kernel are
+	 * related to SWAPGS protection on kernel entry.  Therefore, protection
+	 * is only required for the user->kernel attack vector.
+	 */
+	case X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1:
+		return cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_KERNEL);
+
+	case X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2:
+	case X86_BUG_RETBLEED:
+	case X86_BUG_SRSO:
+	case X86_BUG_L1TF:
+	case X86_BUG_ITS:
+		return cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_KERNEL) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_GUEST_HOST);
+
+	case X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2_USER:
+		return cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_USER) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_GUEST_GUEST);
+
+	/*
+	 * All the vulnerabilities below allow potentially leaking data
+	 * across address spaces.  Therefore, mitigation is required for
+	 * any of these 4 attack vectors.
+	 */
+	case X86_BUG_MDS:
+	case X86_BUG_TAA:
+	case X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA:
+	case X86_BUG_RFDS:
+	case X86_BUG_SRBDS:
+		return cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_KERNEL) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_GUEST_HOST) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_USER) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_GUEST_GUEST);
+
+	case X86_BUG_GDS:
+		return cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_KERNEL) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_GUEST_HOST) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_USER) ||
+		       cpu_attack_vector_mitigated(CPU_MITIGATE_GUEST_GUEST) ||
+		       (smt_mitigations != SMT_MITIGATIONS_OFF);
+	default:
+		WARN(1, "Unknown bug %x\n", bug);
+		return false;
+	}
+}
+
 /* Default mitigation for MDS-affected CPUs */
 static enum mds_mitigations mds_mitigation __ro_after_init =
 	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_MDS) ? MDS_MITIGATION_AUTO : MDS_MITIGATION_OFF;