Commit 20c985e0 authored by Peter Zijlstra's avatar Peter Zijlstra Committed by Yongqiang Liu
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x86/bugs: Optimize SPEC_CTRL MSR writes

stable inclusion
from stable-v4.19.266
commit f1b4cf5ce43f28503ef24d30fdbb9247d141765d
category: bugfix
bugzilla: https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/kernel/issues/I5GZ2Z


CVE: CVE-2022-29901

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commit c779bc1a upstream.

When changing SPEC_CTRL for user control, the WRMSR can be delayed
until return-to-user when KERNEL_IBRS has been enabled.

This avoids an MSR write during context switch.

Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: default avatarJosh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarThadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarSuleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLin Yujun <linyujun809@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarZhang Jianhua <chris.zjh@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarLiao Chang <liaochang1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarYongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com>
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