[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [xen staging] x86/spec-ctrl: Update docs with SRBDS workaround
commit 7028534d8482d25860c4d1aa8e45f0b911abfc5a Author: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed Jun 10 18:57:00 2020 +0100 Commit: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu Jun 11 16:26:06 2020 +0100 x86/spec-ctrl: Update docs with SRBDS workaround RDRAND/RDSEED can be hidden using cpuid= to mitigate SRBDS if microcode isn't available. This is part of XSA-320 / CVE-2020-0543. Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx> --- docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc index 1a69c60139..fde749c669 100644 --- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc +++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.pandoc @@ -502,16 +502,21 @@ choice of `dom0-kernel` is deprecated and not supported by all Dom0 kernels. This option allows for fine tuning of the facilities Xen will use, after accounting for hardware capabilities as enumerated via CPUID. +Unless otherwise noted, options only have any effect in their negative form, +to hide the named feature(s). Ignoring a feature using this mechanism will +cause Xen not to use the feature, nor offer them as usable to guests. + Currently accepted: The Speculation Control hardware features `srbds-ctrl`, `md-clear`, `ibrsb`, `stibp`, `ibpb`, `l1d-flush` and `ssbd` are used by default if available and -applicable. They can be ignored, e.g. `no-ibrsb`, at which point Xen won't -use them itself, and won't offer them to guests. +applicable. They can all be ignored. -`rdrand` can be used to override the default disabling of the feature on certain -AMD systems. Its negative form can of course also be used to suppress use and -exposure of the feature. +`rdrand` and `rdseed` can be ignored, as a mitigation to XSA-320 / +CVE-2020-0543. The RDRAND feature is disabled by default on certain AMD +systems, due to possible malfunctions after ACPI S3 suspend/resume. `rdrand` +may be used in its positive form to override Xen's default behaviour on these +systems, and make the feature fully usable. ### cpuid_mask_cpu > `= fam_0f_rev_[cdefg] | fam_10_rev_[bc] | fam_11_rev_b` -- generated by git-patchbot for /home/xen/git/xen.git#staging
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