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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index d8cd3bc807fc..3e48095121fa 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ config X86 select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_MIN_ADJUST select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE + select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES select GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT select GENERIC_IOMAP @@ -411,6 +412,19 @@ config GOLDFISH def_bool y depends on X86_GOLDFISH +config RETPOLINE + bool "Avoid speculative indirect branches in kernel" + default y + ---help--- + Compile kernel with the retpoline compiler options to guard against + kernel-to-user data leaks by avoiding speculative indirect + branches. Requires a compiler with -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern + support for full protection. The kernel may run slower. + + Without compiler support, at least indirect branches in assembler + code are eliminated. Since this includes the syscall entry path, + it is not entirely pointless. + if X86_32 config X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM bool "Support for extended (non-PC) x86 platforms" @@ -1047,7 +1061,7 @@ config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD def_bool y config X86_MCE_INJECT - depends on X86_MCE + depends on X86_MCE && X86_LOCAL_APIC tristate "Machine check injector support" ---help--- Provide support for injecting machine checks for testing purposes. |