Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: change default to spec_store_bypass_disable=prctl spectre_v2_user=prctl

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Mon Oct 04 2021 - 13:55:01 EST


On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 07:01:40PM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
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> > On Sep 11, 2021, at 2:13 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 06:50:54PM -0500, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >> Switch the kernel default of SSBD and STIBP to the ones with
> >> CONFIG_SECCOMP=n (i.e. spec_store_bypass_disable=prctl
> >> spectre_v2_user=prctl) even if CONFIG_SECCOMP=y.
> >
> > Hello x86 maintainers!
> >
> > I'd really like to get this landed, so I'll take this via the
> > seccomp-tree unless someone else speaks up. This keeps falling off
> > the edge of my TODO list. :)
>
> Thanks! You can add my
>
> Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Kees,

Ping - I don't see this patch in linux-next. Are you planning on grabbing this
for the next merge window?

--
Josh