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| author |  Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
| 2024-04-10 22:40:48 -0700 |
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| committer |  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
| 2024-04-11 10:30:33 +0200 |
| commit | 5f882f3b0a8bf0788d5a0ee44b1191de5319bb8a (patch) | |
| tree | e81864ff7a59b1a389fd57280ddbcc0ddf2f3c84 /mm | |
| parent | x86/bugs: Fix BHI handling of RRSBA (diff) | |
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x86/bugs: Clarify that syscall hardening isn't a BHI mitigation
While syscall hardening helps prevent some BHI attacks, there's still
other low-hanging fruit remaining. Don't classify it as a mitigation
and make it clear that the system may still be vulnerable if it doesn't
have a HW or SW mitigation enabled.
Fixes: ec9404e40e8f ("x86/bhi: Add BHI mitigation knob")
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b5951dae3fdee7f1520d5136a27be3bdfe95f88b.1712813475.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org
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