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x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 14 Jun 2022 21:15:54 +0000 (23:15 +0200)
committerThadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:20:04 +0000 (16:20 -0300)
commit1d800213d417a3a2340d052a3d7806014a017081
tree6e78bc52b3a538088b1acb3e532699278ec601f8
parent40dc87ca0789707fee0b713b75835b9a3c72b63c
x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes

commit c779bc1a9002fa474175b80e72b85c9bf628abb0 upstream.

When changing SPEC_CTRL for user control, the WRMSR can be delayed
until return-to-user when KERNEL_IBRS has been enabled.

This avoids an MSR write during context switch.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
CVE-2022-29900
CVE-2022-29901
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
arch/x86/kernel/process.c