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<title>linux.git/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c, branch v4.15</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2018-01-14T17:51:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-14T17:51:25+00:00</published>
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Pull x86 pti updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This contains:

   - a PTI bugfix to avoid setting reserved CR3 bits when PCID is
     disabled. This seems to cause issues on a virtual machine at least
     and is incorrect according to the AMD manual.

   - a PTI bugfix which disables the perf BTS facility if PTI is
     enabled. The BTS AUX buffer is not globally visible and causes the
     CPU to fault when the mapping disappears on switching CR3 to user
     space. A full fix which restores BTS on PTI is non trivial and will
     be worked on.

   - PTI bugfixes for EFI and trusted boot which make sure that the user
     space visible page table entries have the NX bit cleared

   - removal of dead code in the PTI pagetable setup functions

   - add PTI documentation

   - add a selftest for vsyscall to verify that the kernel actually
     implements what it advertises.

   - a sysfs interface to expose vulnerability and mitigation
     information so there is a coherent way for users to retrieve the
     status.

   - the initial spectre_v2 mitigations, aka retpoline:

      + The necessary ASM thunk and compiler support

      + The ASM variants of retpoline and the conversion of affected ASM
        code

      + Make LFENCE serializing on AMD so it can be used as speculation
        trap

      + The RSB fill after vmexit

   - initial objtool support for retpoline

  As I said in the status mail this is the most of the set of patches
  which should go into 4.15 except two straight forward patches still on
  hold:

   - the retpoline add on of LFENCE which waits for ACKs

   - the RSB fill after context switch

  Both should be ready to go early next week and with that we'll have
  covered the major holes of spectre_v2 and go back to normality"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (28 commits)
  x86,perf: Disable intel_bts when PTI
  security/Kconfig: Correct the Documentation reference for PTI
  x86/pti: Fix !PCID and sanitize defines
  selftests/x86: Add test_vsyscall
  x86/retpoline: Fill return stack buffer on vmexit
  x86/retpoline/irq32: Convert assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/checksum32: Convert assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/xen: Convert Xen hypercall indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/hyperv: Convert assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/ftrace: Convert ftrace assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/entry: Convert entry assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/crypto: Convert crypto assembler indirect jumps
  x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation
  x86/retpoline: Add initial retpoline support
  objtool: Allow alternatives to be ignored
  objtool: Detect jumps to retpoline thunks
  x86/pti: Make unpoison of pgd for trusted boot work for real
  x86/alternatives: Fix optimize_nops() checking
  sysfs/cpu: Fix typos in vulnerability documentation
  x86/cpu/AMD: Use LFENCE_RDTSC in preference to MFENCE_RDTSC
  ...
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Pull x86 pti updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This contains:

   - a PTI bugfix to avoid setting reserved CR3 bits when PCID is
     disabled. This seems to cause issues on a virtual machine at least
     and is incorrect according to the AMD manual.

   - a PTI bugfix which disables the perf BTS facility if PTI is
     enabled. The BTS AUX buffer is not globally visible and causes the
     CPU to fault when the mapping disappears on switching CR3 to user
     space. A full fix which restores BTS on PTI is non trivial and will
     be worked on.

   - PTI bugfixes for EFI and trusted boot which make sure that the user
     space visible page table entries have the NX bit cleared

   - removal of dead code in the PTI pagetable setup functions

   - add PTI documentation

   - add a selftest for vsyscall to verify that the kernel actually
     implements what it advertises.

   - a sysfs interface to expose vulnerability and mitigation
     information so there is a coherent way for users to retrieve the
     status.

   - the initial spectre_v2 mitigations, aka retpoline:

      + The necessary ASM thunk and compiler support

      + The ASM variants of retpoline and the conversion of affected ASM
        code

      + Make LFENCE serializing on AMD so it can be used as speculation
        trap

      + The RSB fill after vmexit

   - initial objtool support for retpoline

  As I said in the status mail this is the most of the set of patches
  which should go into 4.15 except two straight forward patches still on
  hold:

   - the retpoline add on of LFENCE which waits for ACKs

   - the RSB fill after context switch

  Both should be ready to go early next week and with that we'll have
  covered the major holes of spectre_v2 and go back to normality"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (28 commits)
  x86,perf: Disable intel_bts when PTI
  security/Kconfig: Correct the Documentation reference for PTI
  x86/pti: Fix !PCID and sanitize defines
  selftests/x86: Add test_vsyscall
  x86/retpoline: Fill return stack buffer on vmexit
  x86/retpoline/irq32: Convert assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/checksum32: Convert assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/xen: Convert Xen hypercall indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/hyperv: Convert assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/ftrace: Convert ftrace assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/entry: Convert entry assembler indirect jumps
  x86/retpoline/crypto: Convert crypto assembler indirect jumps
  x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation
  x86/retpoline: Add initial retpoline support
  objtool: Allow alternatives to be ignored
  objtool: Detect jumps to retpoline thunks
  x86/pti: Make unpoison of pgd for trusted boot work for real
  x86/alternatives: Fix optimize_nops() checking
  sysfs/cpu: Fix typos in vulnerability documentation
  x86/cpu/AMD: Use LFENCE_RDTSC in preference to MFENCE_RDTSC
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation</title>
<updated>2018-01-11T23:14:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Woodhouse</name>
<email>dwmw@amazon.co.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-11T21:46:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=da285121560e769cc31797bba6422eea71d473e0'/>
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Add a spectre_v2= option to select the mitigation used for the indirect
branch speculation vulnerability.

Currently, the only option available is retpoline, in its various forms.
This will be expanded to cover the new IBRS/IBPB microcode features.

The RETPOLINE_AMD feature relies on a serializing LFENCE for speculation
control. For AMD hardware, only set RETPOLINE_AMD if LFENCE is a
serializing instruction, which is indicated by the LFENCE_RDTSC feature.

[ tglx: Folded back the LFENCE/AMD fixes and reworked it so IBRS
  	integration becomes simple ]

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-5-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk

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Add a spectre_v2= option to select the mitigation used for the indirect
branch speculation vulnerability.

Currently, the only option available is retpoline, in its various forms.
This will be expanded to cover the new IBRS/IBPB microcode features.

The RETPOLINE_AMD feature relies on a serializing LFENCE for speculation
control. For AMD hardware, only set RETPOLINE_AMD if LFENCE is a
serializing instruction, which is indicated by the LFENCE_RDTSC feature.

[ tglx: Folded back the LFENCE/AMD fixes and reworked it so IBRS
  	integration becomes simple ]

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-5-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/retpoline: Add initial retpoline support</title>
<updated>2018-01-11T23:14:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Woodhouse</name>
<email>dwmw@amazon.co.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-11T21:46:25+00:00</published>
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Enable the use of -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern in newer GCC, and provide
the corresponding thunks. Provide assembler macros for invoking the thunks
in the same way that GCC does, from native and inline assembler.

This adds X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE and sets it by default on all CPUs. In
some circumstances, IBRS microcode features may be used instead, and the
retpoline can be disabled.

On AMD CPUs if lfence is serialising, the retpoline can be dramatically
simplified to a simple "lfence; jmp *\reg". A future patch, after it has
been verified that lfence really is serialising in all circumstances, can
enable this by setting the X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD feature bit in addition
to X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE.

Do not align the retpoline in the altinstr section, because there is no
guarantee that it stays aligned when it's copied over the oldinstr during
alternative patching.

[ Andi Kleen: Rename the macros, add CONFIG_RETPOLINE option, export thunks]
[ tglx: Put actual function CALL/JMP in front of the macros, convert to
  	symbolic labels ]
[ dwmw2: Convert back to numeric labels, merge objtool fixes ]

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-4-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk

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Enable the use of -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern in newer GCC, and provide
the corresponding thunks. Provide assembler macros for invoking the thunks
in the same way that GCC does, from native and inline assembler.

This adds X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE and sets it by default on all CPUs. In
some circumstances, IBRS microcode features may be used instead, and the
retpoline can be disabled.

On AMD CPUs if lfence is serialising, the retpoline can be dramatically
simplified to a simple "lfence; jmp *\reg". A future patch, after it has
been verified that lfence really is serialising in all circumstances, can
enable this by setting the X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE_AMD feature bit in addition
to X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE.

Do not align the retpoline in the altinstr section, because there is no
guarantee that it stays aligned when it's copied over the oldinstr during
alternative patching.

[ Andi Kleen: Rename the macros, add CONFIG_RETPOLINE option, export thunks]
[ tglx: Put actual function CALL/JMP in front of the macros, convert to
  	symbolic labels ]
[ dwmw2: Convert back to numeric labels, merge objtool fixes ]

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: Arjan van de Ven &lt;arjan@linux.intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515707194-20531-4-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V[12]</title>
<updated>2018-01-06T20:57:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Woodhouse</name>
<email>dwmw@amazon.co.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-06T11:49:23+00:00</published>
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Add the bug bits for spectre v1/2 and force them unconditionally for all
cpus.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515239374-23361-2-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk
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Add the bug bits for spectre v1/2 and force them unconditionally for all
cpus.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel &lt;riel@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Jiri Kosina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515239374-23361-2-git-send-email-dwmw@amazon.co.uk
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2018-01-05T20:23:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-05T20:23:57+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=abb7099dbc7a77f8674083050028c493ac601228'/>
<id>abb7099dbc7a77f8674083050028c493ac601228</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull  more x86 pti fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Another small stash of fixes for fallout from the PTI work:

   - Fix the modules vs. KASAN breakage which was caused by making
     MODULES_END depend of the fixmap size. That was done when the cpu
     entry area moved into the fixmap, but now that we have a separate
     map space for that this is causing more issues than it solves.

   - Use the proper cache flush methods for the debugstore buffers as
     they are mapped/unmapped during runtime and not statically mapped
     at boot time like the rest of the cpu entry area.

   - Make the map layout of the cpu_entry_area consistent for 4 and 5
     level paging and fix the KASLR vaddr_end wreckage.

   - Use PER_CPU_EXPORT for per cpu variable and while at it unbreak
     nvidia gfx drivers by dropping the GPL export. The subject line of
     the commit tells it the other way around, but I noticed that too
     late.

   - Fix the ASM alternative macros so they can be used in the middle of
     an inline asm block.

   - Rename the BUG_CPU_INSECURE flag to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN so the attack
     vector is properly identified. The Spectre mitigations will come
     with their own bug bits later"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN
  x86/alternatives: Add missing '\n' at end of ALTERNATIVE inline asm
  x86/tlb: Drop the _GPL from the cpu_tlbstate export
  x86/events/intel/ds: Use the proper cache flush method for mapping ds buffers
  x86/kaslr: Fix the vaddr_end mess
  x86/mm: Map cpu_entry_area at the same place on 4/5 level
  x86/mm: Set MODULES_END to 0xffffffffff000000
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<pre>
Pull  more x86 pti fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "Another small stash of fixes for fallout from the PTI work:

   - Fix the modules vs. KASAN breakage which was caused by making
     MODULES_END depend of the fixmap size. That was done when the cpu
     entry area moved into the fixmap, but now that we have a separate
     map space for that this is causing more issues than it solves.

   - Use the proper cache flush methods for the debugstore buffers as
     they are mapped/unmapped during runtime and not statically mapped
     at boot time like the rest of the cpu entry area.

   - Make the map layout of the cpu_entry_area consistent for 4 and 5
     level paging and fix the KASLR vaddr_end wreckage.

   - Use PER_CPU_EXPORT for per cpu variable and while at it unbreak
     nvidia gfx drivers by dropping the GPL export. The subject line of
     the commit tells it the other way around, but I noticed that too
     late.

   - Fix the ASM alternative macros so they can be used in the middle of
     an inline asm block.

   - Rename the BUG_CPU_INSECURE flag to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN so the attack
     vector is properly identified. The Spectre mitigations will come
     with their own bug bits later"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN
  x86/alternatives: Add missing '\n' at end of ALTERNATIVE inline asm
  x86/tlb: Drop the _GPL from the cpu_tlbstate export
  x86/events/intel/ds: Use the proper cache flush method for mapping ds buffers
  x86/kaslr: Fix the vaddr_end mess
  x86/mm: Map cpu_entry_area at the same place on 4/5 level
  x86/mm: Set MODULES_END to 0xffffffffff000000
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN</title>
<updated>2018-01-05T14:34:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-05T14:27:34+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58'/>
<id>de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58</id>
<content type='text'>
Use the name associated with the particular attack which needs page table
isolation for mitigation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Cc: Alan Cox &lt;gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Jiri Koshina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Lutomirski  &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tom Lendacky &lt;thomas.lendacky@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801051525300.1724@nanos

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Use the name associated with the particular attack which needs page table
isolation for mitigation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Acked-by: David Woodhouse &lt;dwmw@amazon.co.uk&gt;
Cc: Alan Cox &lt;gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk&gt;
Cc: Jiri Koshina &lt;jikos@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Tim Chen &lt;tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andi Lutomirski  &lt;luto@amacapital.net&gt;
Cc: Andi Kleen &lt;ak@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Turner &lt;pjt@google.com&gt;
Cc: Tom Lendacky &lt;thomas.lendacky@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;gregkh@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Kees Cook &lt;keescook@google.com&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801051525300.1724@nanos

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2018-01-04T00:41:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2018-01-04T00:41:07+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=00a5ae218d57741088068799b810416ac249a9ce'/>
<id>00a5ae218d57741088068799b810416ac249a9ce</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull x86 page table isolation fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A couple of urgent fixes for PTI:

   - Fix a PTE mismatch between user and kernel visible mapping of the
     cpu entry area (differs vs. the GLB bit) and causes a TLB mismatch
     MCE on older AMD K8 machines

   - Fix the misplaced CR3 switch in the SYSCALL compat entry code which
     causes access to unmapped kernel memory resulting in double faults.

   - Fix the section mismatch of the cpu_tss_rw percpu storage caused by
     using a different mechanism for declaration and definition.

   - Two fixes for dumpstack which help to decode entry stack issues
     better

   - Enable PTI by default in Kconfig. We should have done that earlier,
     but it slipped through the cracks.

   - Exclude AMD from the PTI enforcement. Not necessarily a fix, but if
     AMD is so confident that they are not affected, then we should not
     burden users with the overhead"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/process: Define cpu_tss_rw in same section as declaration
  x86/pti: Switch to kernel CR3 at early in entry_SYSCALL_compat()
  x86/dumpstack: Print registers for first stack frame
  x86/dumpstack: Fix partial register dumps
  x86/pti: Make sure the user/kernel PTEs match
  x86/cpu, x86/pti: Do not enable PTI on AMD processors
  x86/pti: Enable PTI by default
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Pull x86 page table isolation fixes from Thomas Gleixner:
 "A couple of urgent fixes for PTI:

   - Fix a PTE mismatch between user and kernel visible mapping of the
     cpu entry area (differs vs. the GLB bit) and causes a TLB mismatch
     MCE on older AMD K8 machines

   - Fix the misplaced CR3 switch in the SYSCALL compat entry code which
     causes access to unmapped kernel memory resulting in double faults.

   - Fix the section mismatch of the cpu_tss_rw percpu storage caused by
     using a different mechanism for declaration and definition.

   - Two fixes for dumpstack which help to decode entry stack issues
     better

   - Enable PTI by default in Kconfig. We should have done that earlier,
     but it slipped through the cracks.

   - Exclude AMD from the PTI enforcement. Not necessarily a fix, but if
     AMD is so confident that they are not affected, then we should not
     burden users with the overhead"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/process: Define cpu_tss_rw in same section as declaration
  x86/pti: Switch to kernel CR3 at early in entry_SYSCALL_compat()
  x86/dumpstack: Print registers for first stack frame
  x86/dumpstack: Fix partial register dumps
  x86/pti: Make sure the user/kernel PTEs match
  x86/cpu, x86/pti: Do not enable PTI on AMD processors
  x86/pti: Enable PTI by default
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/cpu, x86/pti: Do not enable PTI on AMD processors</title>
<updated>2018-01-03T14:57:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tom Lendacky</name>
<email>thomas.lendacky@amd.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-12-27T05:43:54+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=694d99d40972f12e59a3696effee8a376b79d7c8'/>
<id>694d99d40972f12e59a3696effee8a376b79d7c8</id>
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AMD processors are not subject to the types of attacks that the kernel
page table isolation feature protects against.  The AMD microarchitecture
does not allow memory references, including speculative references, that
access higher privileged data when running in a lesser privileged mode
when that access would result in a page fault.

Disable page table isolation by default on AMD processors by not setting
the X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE feature, which controls whether X86_FEATURE_PTI
is set.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky &lt;thomas.lendacky@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171227054354.20369.94587.stgit@tlendack-t1.amdoffice.net

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AMD processors are not subject to the types of attacks that the kernel
page table isolation feature protects against.  The AMD microarchitecture
does not allow memory references, including speculative references, that
access higher privileged data when running in a lesser privileged mode
when that access would result in a page fault.

Disable page table isolation by default on AMD processors by not setting
the X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE feature, which controls whether X86_FEATURE_PTI
is set.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky &lt;thomas.lendacky@amd.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171227054354.20369.94587.stgit@tlendack-t1.amdoffice.net

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</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2017-12-30T01:02:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-12-30T01:02:49+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=5aa90a84589282b87666f92b6c3c917c8080a9bf'/>
<id>5aa90a84589282b87666f92b6c3c917c8080a9bf</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull x86 page table isolation updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This is the final set of enabling page table isolation on x86:

   - Infrastructure patches for handling the extra page tables.

   - Patches which map the various bits and pieces which are required to
     get in and out of user space into the user space visible page
     tables.

   - The required changes to have CR3 switching in the entry/exit code.

   - Optimizations for the CR3 switching along with documentation how
     the ASID/PCID mechanism works.

   - Updates to dump pagetables to cover the user space page tables for
     W+X scans and extra debugfs files to analyze both the kernel and
     the user space visible page tables

  The whole functionality is compile time controlled via a config switch
  and can be turned on/off on the command line as well"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (32 commits)
  x86/ldt: Make the LDT mapping RO
  x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Allow dumping current pagetables
  x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Check user space page table for WX pages
  x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Add page table directory to the debugfs VFS hierarchy
  x86/mm/pti: Add Kconfig
  x86/dumpstack: Indicate in Oops whether PTI is configured and enabled
  x86/mm: Clarify the whole ASID/kernel PCID/user PCID naming
  x86/mm: Use INVPCID for __native_flush_tlb_single()
  x86/mm: Optimize RESTORE_CR3
  x86/mm: Use/Fix PCID to optimize user/kernel switches
  x86/mm: Abstract switching CR3
  x86/mm: Allow flushing for future ASID switches
  x86/pti: Map the vsyscall page if needed
  x86/pti: Put the LDT in its own PGD if PTI is on
  x86/mm/64: Make a full PGD-entry size hole in the memory map
  x86/events/intel/ds: Map debug buffers in cpu_entry_area
  x86/cpu_entry_area: Add debugstore entries to cpu_entry_area
  x86/mm/pti: Map ESPFIX into user space
  x86/mm/pti: Share entry text PMD
  x86/entry: Align entry text section to PMD boundary
  ...
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<pre>
Pull x86 page table isolation updates from Thomas Gleixner:
 "This is the final set of enabling page table isolation on x86:

   - Infrastructure patches for handling the extra page tables.

   - Patches which map the various bits and pieces which are required to
     get in and out of user space into the user space visible page
     tables.

   - The required changes to have CR3 switching in the entry/exit code.

   - Optimizations for the CR3 switching along with documentation how
     the ASID/PCID mechanism works.

   - Updates to dump pagetables to cover the user space page tables for
     W+X scans and extra debugfs files to analyze both the kernel and
     the user space visible page tables

  The whole functionality is compile time controlled via a config switch
  and can be turned on/off on the command line as well"

* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (32 commits)
  x86/ldt: Make the LDT mapping RO
  x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Allow dumping current pagetables
  x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Check user space page table for WX pages
  x86/mm/dump_pagetables: Add page table directory to the debugfs VFS hierarchy
  x86/mm/pti: Add Kconfig
  x86/dumpstack: Indicate in Oops whether PTI is configured and enabled
  x86/mm: Clarify the whole ASID/kernel PCID/user PCID naming
  x86/mm: Use INVPCID for __native_flush_tlb_single()
  x86/mm: Optimize RESTORE_CR3
  x86/mm: Use/Fix PCID to optimize user/kernel switches
  x86/mm: Abstract switching CR3
  x86/mm: Allow flushing for future ASID switches
  x86/pti: Map the vsyscall page if needed
  x86/pti: Put the LDT in its own PGD if PTI is on
  x86/mm/64: Make a full PGD-entry size hole in the memory map
  x86/events/intel/ds: Map debug buffers in cpu_entry_area
  x86/cpu_entry_area: Add debugstore entries to cpu_entry_area
  x86/mm/pti: Map ESPFIX into user space
  x86/mm/pti: Share entry text PMD
  x86/entry: Align entry text section to PMD boundary
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>x86/mm/pti: Force entry through trampoline when PTI active</title>
<updated>2017-12-23T20:13:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Thomas Gleixner</name>
<email>tglx@linutronix.de</email>
</author>
<published>2017-12-04T14:07:43+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=8d4b067895791ab9fdb1aadfc505f64d71239dd2'/>
<id>8d4b067895791ab9fdb1aadfc505f64d71239dd2</id>
<content type='text'>
Force the entry through the trampoline only when PTI is active. Otherwise
go through the normal entry code.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: David Laight &lt;David.Laight@aculab.com&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Eduardo Valentin &lt;eduval@amazon.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: aliguori@amazon.com
Cc: daniel.gruss@iaik.tugraz.at
Cc: hughd@google.com
Cc: keescook@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
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<pre>
Force the entry through the trampoline only when PTI is active. Otherwise
go through the normal entry code.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner &lt;tglx@linutronix.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Andy Lutomirski &lt;luto@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky &lt;boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Borislav Petkov &lt;bp@alien8.de&gt;
Cc: Brian Gerst &lt;brgerst@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: Dave Hansen &lt;dave.hansen@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: David Laight &lt;David.Laight@aculab.com&gt;
Cc: Denys Vlasenko &lt;dvlasenk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Eduardo Valentin &lt;eduval@amazon.com&gt;
Cc: Greg KH &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Cc: H. Peter Anvin &lt;hpa@zytor.com&gt;
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf &lt;jpoimboe@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Cc: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Will Deacon &lt;will.deacon@arm.com&gt;
Cc: aliguori@amazon.com
Cc: daniel.gruss@iaik.tugraz.at
Cc: hughd@google.com
Cc: keescook@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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