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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c index 31cef61da03a..ff61ef61277a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c @@ -2238,10 +2238,20 @@ static void __init srso_select_mitigation(void) if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_SRSO) || cpu_mitigations_off()) return; - has_microcode = cpu_has_ibpb_brtype_microcode(); + /* + * The first check is for the kernel running as a guest in order + * for guests to verify whether IBPB is a viable mitigation. + */ + has_microcode = boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE) || cpu_has_ibpb_brtype_microcode(); if (!has_microcode) { pr_warn("IBPB-extending microcode not applied!\n"); pr_warn(SRSO_NOTICE); + } else { + /* + * Enable the synthetic (even if in a real CPUID leaf) + * flag for guests. + */ + setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBPB_BRTYPE); } switch (srso_cmd) { |