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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst | 10 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst index 7b410aef9c5c..0febe458597c 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/core-scheduling.rst @@ -181,10 +181,12 @@ Open cross-HT issues that core scheduling does not solve -------------------------------------------------------- 1. For MDS ~~~~~~~~~~ -Core scheduling cannot protect against MDS attacks between an HT running in -user mode and another running in kernel mode. Even though both HTs run tasks -which trust each other, kernel memory is still considered untrusted. Such -attacks are possible for any combination of sibling CPU modes (host or guest mode). +Core scheduling cannot protect against MDS attacks between the siblings +running in user mode and the others running in kernel mode. Even though all +siblings run tasks which trust each other, when the kernel is executing +code on behalf of a task, it cannot trust the code running in the +sibling. Such attacks are possible for any combination of sibling CPU modes +(host or guest mode). 2. For L1TF ~~~~~~~~~~~ |