pve-kernel-lowlatency-qoup/patches/kernel/0035-Documentation-x86-Fix-backwards-on-off-logic-about-Y.patch
Stoiko Ivanov 9dd7462461 add fixes for downfall
by cherry-picking the relevant commits from launchpad/lunar [0].
(relevant commits are based on k.o/stable commits for this)

minimally tested by booting my (ryzen) machine with this kernel and
skimming through dmesg after boot.

[0] git://git.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-kernel/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/lunar

Signed-off-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
2023-08-16 09:56:23 +02:00

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From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 07:31:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/x86: Fix backwards on/off logic about YMM
support
These options clearly turn *off* XSAVE YMM support. Correct the
typo.
Reported-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Fixes: 553a5c03e90a ("x86/speculation: Add force option to GDS mitigation")
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
(cherry picked from commit 1b0fc0345f2852ffe54fb9ae0e12e2ee69ad6a20)
CVE-2022-40982
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Roxana Nicolescu <roxana.nicolescu@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com>
(cherry picked from commit f88fa53e3623291b52b8a6656c1ea9a5d6f6f284)
Signed-off-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst
index 40b7a6260010..264bfa937f7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/gather_data_sampling.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GDS can also be mitigated on systems that don't have updated microcode by
disabling AVX. This can be done by setting gather_data_sampling="force" or
"clearcpuid=avx" on the kernel command-line.
-If used, these options will disable AVX use by turning on XSAVE YMM support.
+If used, these options will disable AVX use by turning off XSAVE YMM support.
However, the processor will still enumerate AVX support. Userspace that
does not follow proper AVX enumeration to check both AVX *and* XSAVE YMM
support will break.