Re: [v4.17-rcx] Lost IBPB, IBRS_FW support for spectre_v2 mitigation.

From: JÃrg Otte
Date: Tue May 01 2018 - 03:39:13 EST


2018-04-30 21:53 GMT+02:00 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> JÃrg,
>
> On Mon, 30 Apr 2018, JÃrg Otte wrote:
>
>> In v4.16 I already had support for BPB, IBRS_FW for spectre_v2 mitigation.
>> But this went away in v17-rcx.
>>
>> With 4.16 I have:
>> jojo@fichte:~$ cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities; grep ".*" *
>> meltdown:Mitigation: PTI
>> spectre_v1:Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
>> spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB, IBRS_FW
>>
>> With 4.17-rcx I have:
>> meltdown:Mitigation: PTI
>> spectre_v1:Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
>> spectre_v2:Mitigation: Full generic retpoline
>>
>> Processor is
>> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
>> cpu family : 6
>> model : 60
>> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200M CPU @ 2.50GHz
>> stepping : 3
>> microcode : 0x24
>>
>>
>> The problem goes away if I revert:
>> d94a155 x86/cpu: Prevent cpuinfo_x86::x86_phys_bits adjustment corruption
>
> Does the patch below fix the problem for you?
>
> Thanks,
>
> tglx
>
> 8<------------------
> Subject: x86/cpu: Restore CPUID_8000_0008_EBX reload
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:47:46 +0200
>
> The recent commt which addresses the x86_phys_bits corruption with
> encrypted memory on CPUID reload after a microcode update lost the reload
> of CPUID_8000_0008_EBX as well.
>
> As a consequence IBRS and IBRS_FW are not longer detected
>
> Restore the behaviour by bringing the reload of CPUID_8000_0008_EBX back,.
>
> Fixes: d94a155c59c9 ("x86/cpu: Prevent cpuinfo_x86::x86_phys_bits adjustment corruption")
> Reported-by: JÃrg Otte <jrg.otte@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> @@ -848,6 +848,11 @@ void get_cpu_cap(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> c->x86_power = edx;
> }
>
> + if (c->extended_cpuid_level >= 0x80000008) {
> + cpuid(0x80000008, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
> + c->x86_capability[CPUID_8000_0008_EBX] = ebx;
> + }
> +
> if (c->extended_cpuid_level >= 0x8000000a)
> c->x86_capability[CPUID_8000_000A_EDX] = cpuid_edx(0x8000000a);
>

No, does not fix it.

Thanks, JÃrg