Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for SSB
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Aug 27 2025 - 10:22:59 EST
On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 02:05:14PM +0000, Kaplan, David wrote:
> If you really want to not pick up patch #3 yet, then you could move the
> should_mitigate_vuln() check into the switch statement for
> SPEC_STORE_BYPASS_CMD_AUTO only. Or just pick up the clean-up patch which
> also reduces the overall code size.
I need a minimal fix which goes into 6.17 now because we forgot SSB. This
patch was my attempt at doing something like that.
Cleanups can then go ontop.
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