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Message-ID: <175225017715.406.15170548329810557032.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:09:37 -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: Add attack vector controls for retbleed

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

Commit-ID:     9687eb2399379ae4e5b5cc1bccdf893c753dcffb
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/9687eb2399379ae4e5b5cc1bccdf893c753dcffb
Author:        David Kaplan <david.kaplan@....com>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:33:07 -05:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
CommitterDate: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:56:41 +02:00

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>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@...en8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250707183316.1349127-13-david.kaplan@amd.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 130db82..de6eb59 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ 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;
 	}
@@ -1350,6 +1350,11 @@ static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
 	if (retbleed_mitigation != RETBLEED_MITIGATION_AUTO)
 		return;
 
+	if (!should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_RETBLEED)) {
+		retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* Intel mitigation selected in retbleed_update_mitigation() */
 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD ||
 	    boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_HYGON) {
@@ -1373,7 +1378,7 @@ static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
 
 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;
 
 	 /* ITS can also enable stuffing */
@@ -1468,7 +1473,7 @@ 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);
 }