[PATCH v4 28/36] x86/bugs: Add attack vector controls for retbleed

From: David Kaplan
Date: Mon Mar 10 2025 - 12:48:07 EST


Use attack vector controls to determine if retbleed mitigation is
required.

Disable SMT if cross-thread protection is desired and STIBP is not
available.

Signed-off-by: David Kaplan <david.kaplan@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 00f679dcc28a..4d72c6dd66e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ early_param("retbleed", retbleed_parse_cmdline);

static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
{
- if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED) || cpu_mitigations_off()) {
+ if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED)) {
retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
return;
}
@@ -1272,23 +1272,27 @@ static void __init retbleed_select_mitigation(void)
}

if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_AUTO) {
- /* Intel mitigation selected in retbleed_update_mitigation() */
- if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD ||
- boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_HYGON) {
- if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY))
- retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_UNRET;
- else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBPB_ENTRY) &&
- boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
- retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB;
- else
- retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
+ if (should_mitigate_vuln(X86_BUG_RETBLEED)) {
+ /* Intel mitigation selected in retbleed_update_mitigation() */
+ if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD ||
+ boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_HYGON) {
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_UNRET_ENTRY))
+ retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_UNRET;
+ else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MITIGATION_IBPB_ENTRY) &&
+ boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB))
+ retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_IBPB;
+ else
+ retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
+ }
+ } else {
+ retbleed_mitigation = RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE;
}
}
}

static void __init retbleed_update_mitigation(void)
{
- if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED) || cpu_mitigations_off())
+ if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_RETBLEED))
return;

if (retbleed_mitigation == RETBLEED_MITIGATION_NONE)
@@ -1386,7 +1390,7 @@ static void __init retbleed_apply_mitigation(void)
}

if (mitigate_smt && !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_STIBP) &&
- (retbleed_nosmt || cpu_mitigations_auto_nosmt()))
+ (retbleed_nosmt || smt_mitigations == SMT_MITIGATIONS_ON))
cpu_smt_disable(false);
}

--
2.34.1