@@ -3391,16 +3391,23 @@
https://repo.or.cz/w/linux-2.6/mini2440.git
mitigations=
- [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] Control optional mitigations for
- CPU vulnerabilities. This is a set of curated,
- arch-independent options, each of which is an
- aggregation of existing arch-specific options.
+ [KNL] Control optional mitigations for CPU
+ vulnerabilities and performance-impacting
+ software vulnerabilities. This is a set of
+ curated, arch-independent options, each of which
+ is an aggregation of existing arch-specific
+ options.
off
- Disable all optional CPU mitigations. This
- improves system performance, but it may also
- expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
- Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
+ Disable all optional mitigations. This
+ improves system performance, but may also
+ expose users to several vulnerabilities.
+
+ Equivalent to:
+
+ CPU mitigations:
+ ----------------
+ if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
l1tf=off [X86]
@@ -3426,7 +3433,7 @@
kvm.nx_huge_pages=force.
auto (default)
- Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT
+ Enable all optional mitigations, but leave SMT
enabled, even if it's vulnerable. This is for
users who don't want to be surprised by SMT
getting disabled across kernel upgrades, or who
@@ -3434,7 +3441,7 @@
Equivalent to: (default behavior)
auto,nosmt
- Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, disabling SMT
+ Enable all optional mitigations, disabling SMT
if needed. This is for users who always want to
be fully mitigated, even if it means losing SMT.
Equivalent to: l1tf=flush,nosmt [X86]
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ static bool unmap_kernel_at_el0(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry,
}
}
- if (cpu_mitigations_off() && !__kpti_forced) {
+ if (mitigations_off() && !__kpti_forced) {
str = "mitigations=off";
__kpti_forced = -1;
}
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ early_param("nospectre_v2", parse_spectre_v2_param);
static bool spectre_v2_mitigations_off(void)
{
- bool ret = __nospectre_v2 || cpu_mitigations_off();
+ bool ret = __nospectre_v2 || mitigations_off();
if (ret)
pr_info_once("spectre-v2 mitigation disabled by command line option\n");
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ early_param("ssbd", parse_spectre_v4_param);
*/
static bool spectre_v4_mitigations_off(void)
{
- bool ret = cpu_mitigations_off() ||
+ bool ret = mitigations_off() ||
__spectre_v4_policy == SPECTRE_V4_POLICY_MITIGATION_DISABLED;
if (ret)
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ void spectre_bhb_enable_mitigation(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *entry)
/* No point mitigating Spectre-BHB alone. */
} else if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATE_SPECTRE_BRANCH_HISTORY)) {
pr_info_once("spectre-bhb mitigation disabled by compile time option\n");
- } else if (cpu_mitigations_off() || __nospectre_bhb) {
+ } else if (mitigations_off() || __nospectre_bhb) {
pr_info_once("spectre-bhb mitigation disabled by command line option\n");
} else if (supports_ecbhb(SCOPE_LOCAL_CPU)) {
state = SPECTRE_MITIGATED;
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void __init setup_barrier_nospec(void)
enable = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY) &&
security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR);
- if (!no_nospec && !cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (!no_nospec && !mitigations_off())
enable_barrier_nospec(enable);
}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ early_param("nospectre_v2", handle_nospectre_v2);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_E500
void __init setup_spectre_v2(void)
{
- if (no_spectrev2 || cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (no_spectrev2 || mitigations_off())
do_btb_flush_fixups();
else
btb_flush_enabled = true;
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ void setup_stf_barrier(void)
stf_enabled_flush_types = type;
- if (!no_stf_barrier && !cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (!no_stf_barrier && !mitigations_off())
stf_barrier_enable(enable);
}
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ void setup_count_cache_flush(void)
{
bool enable = true;
- if (no_spectrev2 || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ if (no_spectrev2 || mitigations_off()) {
if (security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_BCCTRL_SERIALISED) ||
security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_COUNT_CACHE_DISABLED))
pr_warn("Spectre v2 mitigations not fully under software control, can't disable\n");
@@ -700,13 +700,13 @@ void setup_rfi_flush(enum l1d_flush_type types, bool enable)
enabled_flush_types = types;
- if (!cpu_mitigations_off() && !no_rfi_flush)
+ if (!mitigations_off() && !no_rfi_flush)
rfi_flush_enable(enable);
}
void setup_entry_flush(bool enable)
{
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (mitigations_off())
return;
if (!no_entry_flush)
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ void setup_entry_flush(bool enable)
void setup_uaccess_flush(bool enable)
{
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (mitigations_off())
return;
if (!no_uaccess_flush)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ early_param("nospectre_v2", nospectre_v2_setup_early);
void __init nospec_auto_detect(void)
{
- if (test_facility(156) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ if (test_facility(156) || mitigations_off()) {
/*
* The machine supports etokens.
* Disable expolines and disable nobp.
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/sched/smt.h>
#include <linux/pgtable.h>
#include <linux/bpf.h>
+#include <linux/mitigations.h>
#include <asm/spec-ctrl.h>
#include <asm/cmdline.h>
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ static const char * const mds_strings[] = {
static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void)
{
- if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MDS) || mitigations_off()) {
mds_mitigation = MDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
return;
}
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ static void __init mds_select_mitigation(void)
static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear);
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_BUG_MSBDS_ONLY) &&
- (mds_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt()))
+ (mds_nosmt || mitigations_auto_nosmt()))
cpu_smt_disable(false);
}
}
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void)
return;
}
- if (cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ if (mitigations_off()) {
taa_mitigation = TAA_MITIGATION_OFF;
return;
}
@@ -358,7 +359,7 @@ static void __init taa_select_mitigation(void)
*/
static_branch_enable(&mds_user_clear);
- if (taa_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt())
+ if (taa_nosmt || mitigations_auto_nosmt())
cpu_smt_disable(false);
}
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ static void __init mmio_select_mitigation(void)
if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_STALE_DATA) ||
boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MMIO_UNKNOWN) ||
- cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ mitigations_off()) {
mmio_mitigation = MMIO_MITIGATION_OFF;
return;
}
@@ -451,7 +452,7 @@ static void __init mmio_select_mitigation(void)
else
mmio_mitigation = MMIO_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED;
- if (mmio_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt())
+ if (mmio_nosmt || mitigations_auto_nosmt())
cpu_smt_disable(false);
}
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ early_param("mmio_stale_data", mmio_stale_data_parse_cmdline);
static void __init md_clear_update_mitigation(void)
{
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (mitigations_off())
return;
if (!static_key_enabled(&mds_user_clear))
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ static void __init srbds_select_mitigation(void)
srbds_mitigation = SRBDS_MITIGATION_HYPERVISOR;
else if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SRBDS_CTRL))
srbds_mitigation = SRBDS_MITIGATION_UCODE_NEEDED;
- else if (cpu_mitigations_off() || srbds_off)
+ else if (mitigations_off() || srbds_off)
srbds_mitigation = SRBDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
update_srbds_msr();
@@ -742,7 +743,7 @@ static void __init gds_select_mitigation(void)
goto out;
}
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (mitigations_off())
gds_mitigation = GDS_MITIGATION_OFF;
/* Will verify below that mitigation _can_ be disabled */
@@ -841,7 +842,7 @@ static bool smap_works_speculatively(void)
static void __init spectre_v1_select_mitigation(void)
{
- if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V1) || mitigations_off()) {
spectre_v1_mitigation = SPECTRE_V1_MITIGATION_NONE;
return;
}
@@ -974,7 +975,7 @@ static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
{
bool mitigate_smt = false;
- if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED) || cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED) || mitigations_off())
return;
switch (retbleed_cmd) {
@@ -1068,7 +1069,7 @@ static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
}
if (mitigate_smt && !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP) &&
- (retbleed_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt()))
+ (retbleed_nosmt || mitigations_auto_nosmt()))
cpu_smt_disable(false);
/*
@@ -1391,7 +1392,7 @@ static enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_cmdline(void)
int ret, i;
if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospectre_v2") ||
- cpu_mitigations_off())
+ mitigations_off())
return SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE;
ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2", arg, sizeof(arg));
@@ -1885,7 +1886,7 @@ static enum ssb_mitigation_cmd __init ssb_parse_cmdline(void)
int ret, i;
if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "nospec_store_bypass_disable") ||
- cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ mitigations_off()) {
return SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_NONE;
} else {
ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spec_store_bypass_disable",
@@ -2283,9 +2284,9 @@ static void __init l1tf_select_mitigation(void)
if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_L1TF))
return;
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (mitigations_off())
l1tf_mitigation = L1TF_MITIGATION_OFF;
- else if (cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt())
+ else if (mitigations_auto_nosmt())
l1tf_mitigation = L1TF_MITIGATION_FLUSH_NOSMT;
override_cache_bits(&boot_cpu_data);
@@ -2410,7 +2411,7 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void)
{
bool has_microcode = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE);
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (mitigations_off())
return;
if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SRSO)) {
@@ -6819,7 +6819,7 @@ static int get_nx_huge_pages(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
static bool get_nx_auto_mode(void)
{
/* Return true when CPU has the bug, and mitigations are ON */
- return boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT) && !cpu_mitigations_off();
+ return boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT) && !mitigations_off();
}
static void __set_nx_huge_pages(bool val)
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/mitigations.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(void)
return;
}
- if (cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (mitigations_off())
pti_mode = PTI_FORCE_OFF;
if (pti_mode == PTI_FORCE_OFF) {
pti_print_if_insecure("disabled on command line.");
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include <linux/static_call.h>
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/cfi.h>
+#include <linux/mitigations.h>
struct bpf_verifier_env;
struct bpf_verifier_log;
@@ -2214,12 +2215,12 @@ static inline bool bpf_allow_uninit_stack(void)
static inline bool bpf_bypass_spec_v1(void)
{
- return cpu_mitigations_off() || perfmon_capable();
+ return mitigations_off() || perfmon_capable();
}
static inline bool bpf_bypass_spec_v4(void)
{
- return cpu_mitigations_off() || perfmon_capable();
+ return mitigations_off() || perfmon_capable();
}
int bpf_map_new_fd(struct bpf_map *map, int flags);
@@ -212,7 +212,4 @@ void cpuhp_report_idle_dead(void);
static inline void cpuhp_report_idle_dead(void) { }
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
-extern bool cpu_mitigations_off(void);
-extern bool cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt(void);
-
#endif /* _LINUX_CPU_H_ */
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+extern bool mitigations_off(void);
+extern bool mitigations_auto_nosmt(void);
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ obj-y = fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o \
extable.o params.o \
kthread.o sys_ni.o nsproxy.o \
notifier.o ksysfs.o cred.o reboot.o \
- async.o range.o smpboot.o ucount.o regset.o ksyms_common.o
+ async.o range.o smpboot.o ucount.o regset.o ksyms_common.o \
+ mitigations.o
obj-$(CONFIG_USERMODE_DRIVER) += usermode_driver.o
obj-$(CONFIG_MULTIUSER) += groups.o
@@ -3195,46 +3195,3 @@ void __init boot_cpu_hotplug_init(void)
this_cpu_write(cpuhp_state.state, CPUHP_ONLINE);
this_cpu_write(cpuhp_state.target, CPUHP_ONLINE);
}
-
-/*
- * These are used for a global "mitigations=" cmdline option for toggling
- * optional CPU mitigations.
- */
-enum cpu_mitigations {
- CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF,
- CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO,
- CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT,
-};
-
-static enum cpu_mitigations cpu_mitigations __ro_after_init =
- CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
-
-static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
-{
- if (!strcmp(arg, "off"))
- cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF;
- else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto"))
- cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
- else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto,nosmt"))
- cpu_mitigations = CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT;
- else
- pr_crit("Unsupported mitigations=%s, system may still be vulnerable\n",
- arg);
-
- return 0;
-}
-early_param("mitigations", mitigations_parse_cmdline);
-
-/* mitigations=off */
-bool cpu_mitigations_off(void)
-{
- return cpu_mitigations == CPU_MITIGATIONS_OFF;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_mitigations_off);
-
-/* mitigations=auto,nosmt */
-bool cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt(void)
-{
- return cpu_mitigations == CPU_MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt);
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+#include <linux/cache.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/mitigations.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+enum mitigations {
+ MITIGATIONS_OFF,
+ MITIGATIONS_AUTO,
+ MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT,
+};
+
+static enum mitigations mitigations __ro_after_init =
+ MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
+
+/*
+ * The "mitigations=" cmdline option is for toggling optional CPU or software
+ * mitigations which may impact performance. Mitigations should only be turned
+ * off if user space and VMs are running trusted code.
+ */
+static int __init mitigations_parse_cmdline(char *arg)
+{
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "off"))
+ mitigations = MITIGATIONS_OFF;
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto"))
+ mitigations = MITIGATIONS_AUTO;
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "auto,nosmt"))
+ mitigations = MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT;
+ else
+ pr_crit("Unsupported mitigations=%s, system may still be vulnerable\n", arg);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+early_param("mitigations", mitigations_parse_cmdline);
+
+/* mitigations=off */
+bool mitigations_off(void)
+{
+ return mitigations == MITIGATIONS_OFF;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mitigations_off);
+
+/* mitigations=auto,nosmt */
+bool mitigations_auto_nosmt(void)
+{
+ return mitigations == MITIGATIONS_AUTO_NOSMT;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mitigations_auto_nosmt);