[RFC PATCH 34/34] x86/pti: Add attack vector controls for pti

From: David Kaplan
Date: Thu Sep 12 2024 - 15:17:04 EST


Disable PTI mitigation if user->kernel attack vector mitigations are
disabled.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/pti.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index 851ec8f1363a..9e1ed3df04e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ void __init pti_check_boottime_disable(void)
if (pti_mode == PTI_FORCE_ON)
pti_print_if_secure("force enabled on command line.");

- if (pti_mode == PTI_AUTO && !boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN))
+ if (pti_mode == PTI_AUTO && (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN) ||
+ !cpu_mitigate_attack_vector(CPU_MITIGATE_USER_KERNEL)))
return;

setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_PTI);
--
2.34.1