From: Greg Kroah-Hartman Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 17:32:41 +0000 (+0200) Subject: x86: set SPECTRE_BHI_ON as default X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8d8dc7ee5b98fca7a65c800df93ded071a96fd49;p=users%2Fdwmw2%2Flinux.git x86: set SPECTRE_BHI_ON as default commit 2bb69f5fc72183e1c62547d900f560d0e9334925 upstream. Part of a merge commit from Linus that adjusted the default setting of SPECTRE_BHI_ON. Cc: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index e9ac6e9dfbcb5..591b0a7abfd2c 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ config MITIGATION_RFDS choice prompt "Clear branch history" depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL - default SPECTRE_BHI_AUTO + default SPECTRE_BHI_ON help Enable BHI mitigations. BHI attacks are a form of Spectre V2 attacks where the branch history buffer is poisoned to speculatively steer