From: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 98fdaeb296f51ef08e727a7cc72e5b5c864c4f4d ] Change the default value of spectre v2 in user mode to respect the CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2 config option. Currently, user mode spectre v2 is set to auto (SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO) by default, even if CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2 is disabled. Set the spectre_v2 value to auto (SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO) if the Spectre v2 config (CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2) is enabled, otherwise set the value to none (SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_NONE). Important to say the command line argument "spectre_v2_user" overwrites the default value in both cases. When CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2 is not set, users have the flexibility to opt-in for specific mitigations independently. In this scenario, setting spectre_v2= will not enable spectre_v2_user=, and command line options spectre_v2_user and spectre_v2 are independent when CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2=n. Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Kaplan <David.Kaplan@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241031-x86_bugs_last_v2-v2-2-b7ff1dab840e@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 184f2f96f6a54..005455d32f8da 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5960,6 +5960,8 @@ Selecting 'on' will also enable the mitigation against user space to user space task attacks. + Selecting specific mitigation does not force enable + user mitigations. Selecting 'off' will disable both the kernel and the user space protections. diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index 78545f7e9cc6c..b14c86610b639 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -1290,9 +1290,13 @@ static __ro_after_init enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd spectre_v2_cmd; static enum spectre_v2_user_cmd __init spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void) { + enum spectre_v2_user_cmd mode; char arg[20]; int ret, i; + mode = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_SPECTRE_V2) ? + SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO : SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_NONE; + switch (spectre_v2_cmd) { case SPECTRE_V2_CMD_NONE: return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_NONE; @@ -1305,7 +1309,7 @@ spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void) ret = cmdline_find_option(boot_command_line, "spectre_v2_user", arg, sizeof(arg)); if (ret < 0) - return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO; + return mode; for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(v2_user_options); i++) { if (match_option(arg, ret, v2_user_options[i].option)) { @@ -1315,8 +1319,8 @@ spectre_v2_parse_user_cmdline(void) } } - pr_err("Unknown user space protection option (%s). Switching to AUTO select\n", arg); - return SPECTRE_V2_USER_CMD_AUTO; + pr_err("Unknown user space protection option (%s). Switching to default\n", arg); + return mode; } static inline bool spectre_v2_in_ibrs_mode(enum spectre_v2_mitigation mode) -- 2.39.5
