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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst index 0fba3758d..305600351 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.rst @@ -484,11 +484,14 @@ Spectre variant 2 Systems which support enhanced IBRS (eIBRS) enable IBRS protection once at boot, by setting the IBRS bit, and they're automatically protected against - Spectre v2 variant attacks, including cross-thread branch target injections - on SMT systems (STIBP). In other words, eIBRS enables STIBP too. + Spectre v2 variant attacks. - Legacy IBRS systems clear the IBRS bit on exit to userspace and - therefore explicitly enable STIBP for that + On Intel's enhanced IBRS systems, this includes cross-thread branch target + injections on SMT systems (STIBP). In other words, Intel eIBRS enables + STIBP, too. + + AMD Automatic IBRS does not protect userspace, and Legacy IBRS systems clear + the IBRS bit on exit to userspace, therefore both explicitly enable STIBP. The retpoline mitigation is turned on by default on vulnerable CPUs. It can be forced on or off by the administrator @@ -622,9 +625,10 @@ kernel command line. retpoline,generic Retpolines retpoline,lfence LFENCE; indirect branch retpoline,amd alias for retpoline,lfence - eibrs enhanced IBRS - eibrs,retpoline enhanced IBRS + Retpolines - eibrs,lfence enhanced IBRS + LFENCE + eibrs Enhanced/Auto IBRS + eibrs,retpoline Enhanced/Auto IBRS + Retpolines + eibrs,lfence Enhanced/Auto IBRS + LFENCE + ibrs use IBRS to protect kernel Not specifying this option is equivalent to spectre_v2=auto. |