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Merge tag 'ibti-hisory-for-linus-2025-05-06' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 IBTI mitigation from Dave Hansen:
 "Mitigate Intra-mode Branch History Injection via classic BFP programs

  This adds the branch history clearing mitigation to cBPF programs for
  x86. Intra-mode BHI attacks via cBPF a.k.a IBTI-History was reported
  by researchers at VUSec.

  For hardware that doesn't support BHI_DIS_S, the recommended
  mitigation is to run the short software sequence followed by the IBHF
  instruction after cBPF execution. On hardware that does support
  BHI_DIS_S, enable BHI_DIS_S and execute the IBHF after cBPF execution.

  The Indirect Branch History Fence (IBHF) is a new instruction that
  prevents indirect branch target predictions after the barrier from
  using branch history from before the barrier while BHI_DIS_S is
  enabled. On older systems this will map to a NOP. It is recommended to
  add this fence at the end of the cBPF program to support VM migration.
  This instruction is required on newer parts with BHI_NO to fully
  mitigate against these attacks.

  The current code disables the mitigation for anything running with the
  SYS_ADMIN capability bit set. The intention was not to waste time
  mitigating a process that has access to anything it wants anyway"

* tag 'ibti-hisory-for-linus-2025-05-06' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/bhi: Do not set BHI_DIS_S in 32-bit mode
  x86/bpf: Add IBHF call at end of classic BPF
  x86/bpf: Call branch history clearing sequence on exit
2025-05-11 17:17:06 -07:00
arch * Mitigate Intra-mode Branch History Injection via classic BFP 2025-05-11 17:17:06 -07:00
block block-6.15-20250509 2025-05-09 10:34:50 -07:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: scompress - increment scomp_scratch_users when already allocated 2025-04-25 10:33:30 +08:00
Documentation Input updates for v6.15-rc5 2025-05-11 10:29:29 -07:00
drivers Misc timers fixes: 2025-05-11 10:33:25 -07:00
fs 22 hotfixes. 13 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.14 issues 2025-05-10 15:50:56 -07:00
include Misc timers fixes: 2025-05-11 10:33:25 -07:00
init rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's unnecessary_transmutes lint 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/sqpoll: Increase task_work submission batch size 2025-05-09 07:56:53 -06:00
ipc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
kernel Misc timers fixes: 2025-05-11 10:33:25 -07:00
lib hardening fixes for v6.15-rc3 2025-04-18 13:20:20 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm memblock fixes for v6.15-rc6 2025-05-11 10:23:53 -07:00
net net: export a helper for adding up queue stats 2025-05-08 11:56:12 +02:00
rust rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's clippy::uninlined_format_args lint 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: Fix compilation failure for samples/bpf on LoongArch Fedora 2025-04-25 09:32:02 -07:00
scripts scripts: Do not strip .rela.dyn section 2025-05-08 12:01:01 +00:00
security Landlock fix for v6.15-rc4 2025-04-24 12:59:05 -07:00
sound ASoC: Fixes for v6.15 2025-05-01 10:22:20 +02:00
tools ARM: 2025-05-11 11:30:13 -07:00
usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-03-05 04:06:45 +09:00
virt ARM: 2025-04-08 13:47:55 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update the ForEachMacros list for v6.15-rc1 2025-04-13 11:03:59 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-07 00:11:47 +02:00
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.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle 2024-11-12 15:48:59 +01:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore kbuild: Create intermediate vmlinux build with relocations preserved 2025-03-17 00:29:50 +09:00
.mailmap Input updates for v6.15-rc5 2025-05-11 10:29:29 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
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