x86/cpu, x86/pti: Do not enable PTI on AMD processors
authorTom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 05:43:54 +0000 (23:43 -0600)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:58:28 +0000 (18:58 +0000)
commita61fe491f34806939715879bb94a4c34ead44143
tree5c8109065ddd2cd9aac8132e89bbfed4af752f68
parent6bb714ac7a72b4c095919f6373c5ba8adeeb82a1
x86/cpu, x86/pti: Do not enable PTI on AMD processors

commit 694d99d40972f12e59a3696effee8a376b79d7c8 upstream.

AMD processors are not subject to the types of attacks that the kernel
page table isolation feature protects against.  The AMD microarchitecture
does not allow memory references, including speculative references, that
access higher privileged data when running in a lesser privileged mode
when that access would result in a page fault.

Disable page table isolation by default on AMD processors by not setting
the X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE feature, which controls whether X86_FEATURE_PTI
is set.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171227054354.20369.94587.stgit@tlendack-t1.amdoffice.net
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c