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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-08-28 10:10:23 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-08-28 10:10:23 -0700
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parentMerge tag 'perf-urgent-2022-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip (diff)
parentDocumentation/ABI: Mention retbleed vulnerability info file for sysfs (diff)
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Merge tag 'x86-urgent-2022-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull misc x86 fixes from Ingo Molnar: - Fix PAT on Xen, which caused i915 driver failures - Fix compat INT 80 entry crash on Xen PV guests - Fix 'MMIO Stale Data' mitigation status reporting on older Intel CPUs - Fix RSB stuffing regressions - Fix ORC unwinding on ftrace trampolines - Add Intel Raptor Lake CPU model number - Fix (work around) a SEV-SNP bootloader bug providing bogus values in boot_params->cc_blob_address, by ignoring the value on !SEV-SNP bootups. - Fix SEV-SNP early boot failure - Fix the objtool list of noreturn functions and annotate snp_abort(), which bug confused objtool on gcc-12. - Fix the documentation for retbleed * tag 'x86-urgent-2022-08-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: Documentation/ABI: Mention retbleed vulnerability info file for sysfs x86/sev: Mark snp_abort() noreturn x86/sev: Don't use cc_platform_has() for early SEV-SNP calls x86/boot: Don't propagate uninitialized boot_params->cc_blob_address x86/cpu: Add new Raptor Lake CPU model number x86/unwind/orc: Unwind ftrace trampolines with correct ORC entry x86/nospec: Fix i386 RSB stuffing x86/nospec: Unwreck the RSB stuffing x86/bugs: Add "unknown" reporting for MMIO Stale Data x86/entry: Fix entry_INT80_compat for Xen PV guests x86/PAT: Have pat_enabled() properly reflect state when running on Xen
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@@ -230,6 +230,20 @@ The possible values in this file are:
* - 'Mitigation: Clear CPU buffers'
- The processor is vulnerable and the CPU buffer clearing mitigation is
enabled.
+ * - 'Unknown: No mitigations'
+ - The processor vulnerability status is unknown because it is
+ out of Servicing period. Mitigation is not attempted.
+
+Definitions:
+------------
+
+Servicing period: The process of providing functional and security updates to
+Intel processors or platforms, utilizing the Intel Platform Update (IPU)
+process or other similar mechanisms.
+
+End of Servicing Updates (ESU): ESU is the date at which Intel will no
+longer provide Servicing, such as through IPU or other similar update
+processes. ESU dates will typically be aligned to end of quarter.
If the processor is vulnerable then the following information is appended to
the above information: