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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h | 25 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h index 82181d0ef270..bb49d2c65e8f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/nospec-branch.h @@ -262,5 +262,30 @@ DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_to_cond_stibp); DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_cond_ibpb); DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_always_ibpb); +#include <asm/segment.h> + +/** + * mds_clear_cpu_buffers - Mitigation for MDS vulnerability + * + * This uses the otherwise unused and obsolete VERW instruction in + * combination with microcode which triggers a CPU buffer flush when the + * instruction is executed. + */ +static inline void mds_clear_cpu_buffers(void) +{ + static const u16 ds = __KERNEL_DS; + + /* + * Has to be the memory-operand variant because only that + * guarantees the CPU buffer flush functionality according to + * documentation. The register-operand variant does not. + * Works with any segment selector, but a valid writable + * data segment is the fastest variant. + * + * "cc" clobber is required because VERW modifies ZF. + */ + asm volatile("verw %[ds]" : : [ds] "m" (ds) : "cc"); +} + #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */ #endif /* _ASM_X86_NOSPEC_BRANCH_H_ */ |