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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index f1f7c068c..8e4882bb8 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -993,6 +993,26 @@ The filter can be disabled or changed to another driver later using sysfs. + reg_file_data_sampling= + [X86] Controls mitigation for Register File Data + Sampling (RFDS) vulnerability. RFDS is a CPU + vulnerability which may allow userspace to infer + kernel data values previously stored in floating point + registers, vector registers, or integer registers. + RFDS only affects Intel Atom processors. + + on: Turns ON the mitigation. + off: Turns OFF the mitigation. + + This parameter overrides the compile time default set + by CONFIG_MITIGATION_RFDS. Mitigation cannot be + disabled when other VERW based mitigations (like MDS) + are enabled. In order to disable RFDS mitigation all + VERW based mitigations need to be disabled. + + For details see: + Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/reg-file-data-sampling.rst + driver_async_probe= [KNL] List of driver names to be probed asynchronously. Format: <driver_name1>,<driver_name2>... @@ -2919,6 +2939,7 @@ nopti [X86,PPC] nospectre_v1 [X86,PPC] nospectre_v2 [X86,PPC,S390,ARM64] + reg_file_data_sampling=off [X86] retbleed=off [X86] spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86,PPC] spectre_v2_user=off [X86] @@ -5091,9 +5112,9 @@ 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 |