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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 11fc28ecdb6d..f2040d46f095 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2680,6 +2680,9 @@ allow data leaks with this option, which is equivalent to spectre_v2=off. + nospec_store_bypass_disable + [HW] Disable all mitigations for the Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability + noxsave [BUGS=X86] Disables x86 extended register state save and restore using xsave. The kernel will fallback to enabling legacy floating-point and sse state. @@ -4025,6 +4028,48 @@ Not specifying this option is equivalent to spectre_v2=auto. + spec_store_bypass_disable= + [HW] Control Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) Disable mitigation + (Speculative Store Bypass vulnerability) + + Certain CPUs are vulnerable to an exploit against a + a common industry wide performance optimization known + as "Speculative Store Bypass" in which recent stores + to the same memory location may not be observed by + later loads during speculative execution. The idea + is that such stores are unlikely and that they can + be detected prior to instruction retirement at the + end of a particular speculation execution window. + + In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded + store can be used in a cache side channel attack, for + example to read memory to which the attacker does not + directly have access (e.g. inside sandboxed code). + + This parameter controls whether the Speculative Store + Bypass optimization is used. + + on - Unconditionally disable Speculative Store Bypass + off - Unconditionally enable Speculative Store Bypass + auto - Kernel detects whether the CPU model contains an + implementation of Speculative Store Bypass and + picks the most appropriate mitigation. If the + CPU is not vulnerable, "off" is selected. If the + CPU is vulnerable the default mitigation is + architecture and Kconfig dependent. See below. + prctl - Control Speculative Store Bypass per thread + via prctl. Speculative Store Bypass is enabled + for a process by default. The state of the control + is inherited on fork. + seccomp - Same as "prctl" above, but all seccomp threads + will disable SSB unless they explicitly opt out. + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + spec_store_bypass_disable=auto. + + Default mitigations: + X86: If CONFIG_SECCOMP=y "seccomp", otherwise "prctl" + spia_io_base= [HW,MTD] spia_fio_base= spia_pedr= |