This upstream stable update contains the backport for CVE-2018-3639 (x86) aka
Spectre v4/SSB.
* x86/cpufeatures: Add CPUID_7_EDX CPUID leaf
The upstream stable patch adds two previously unknown
feature bits for word 18 which I added with a SAUCE
patch.
* x86/cpufeatures: Add Intel feature bits for Speculation
Control
-> skip, no change
* x86/cpufeatures: Add AMD feature bits for Speculation
Control
-> skip, no change
* x86/msr: Add definitions for new speculation control
MSRs
-> skip, no change
* x86/pti: Do not enable PTI on CPUs which are not
vulnerable to Meltdown
-> skip, no change
* x86/cpufeature: Blacklist SPEC_CTRL/PRED_CMD on early
Spectre v2 microcodes
-> skip, we have actually reverted this at some point
* x86/speculation: Add basic IBPB (Indirect Branch
Prediction Barrier) support
-> Picked in reduced form (only adding definition for
indirect_branch_prediction_barrier(). Not sure this
will be needed in the end.
* x86/cpufeatures: Clean up Spectre v2 related CPUID
flags
-> Mostly can be skipped. Only picking up a small change
to indirect_branch_prediction_barrier() which is still
not used.
Not picking up the firmware blacklist code.
* x86/cpuid: Fix up "virtual" IBRS/IBPB/STIBP feature
bits on Intel
-> skipped, no change
** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2018-3639
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