linux/Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.rst

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Hardware vulnerabilities
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This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and provides an overview of the
possible mitigations along with guidance for selecting mitigations if they
are configurable at compile, boot or run time.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   spectre
   l1tf
   mds
   tsx_async_abort
   multihit.rst
   special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst
Documentation: Move L1TF to separate directory Move L!TF to a separate directory so the MDS stuff can be added at the side. Otherwise the all hardware vulnerabilites have their own top level entry. Should have done that right away. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com> 2019-02-19 13:10:49 +03:00			`========================`
			`Hardware vulnerabilities`
			`========================`

			`This section describes CPU vulnerabilities and provides an overview of the`
			`possible mitigations along with guidance for selecting mitigations if they`
			`are configurable at compile, boot or run time.`

			`.. toctree::`
			`:maxdepth: 1`

Documentation: Add section about CPU vulnerabilities for Spectre Add documentation for Spectre vulnerability and the mitigation mechanisms: - Explain the problem and risks - Document the mitigation mechanisms - Document the command line controls - Document the sysfs files Co-developed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Co-developed-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> 2019-06-21 02:10:50 +03:00			`spectre`
Documentation: Move L1TF to separate directory Move L!TF to a separate directory so the MDS stuff can be added at the side. Otherwise the all hardware vulnerabilites have their own top level entry. Should have done that right away. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com> 2019-02-19 13:10:49 +03:00			`l1tf`
Documentation: Add MDS vulnerability documentation Add the initial MDS vulnerability documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Jon Masters <jcm@redhat.com> 2019-02-19 02:02:31 +03:00			`mds`
x86/speculation/taa: Add documentation for TSX Async Abort Add the documenation for TSX Async Abort. Include the description of the issue, how to check the mitigation state, control the mitigation, guidance for system administrators. [ bp: Add proper SPDX tags, touch ups by Josh and me. ] Co-developed-by: Antonio Gomez Iglesias <antonio.gomez.iglesias@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Antonio Gomez Iglesias <antonio.gomez.iglesias@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> 2019-10-23 13:32:55 +03:00			`tsx_async_abort`
Documentation: Add ITLB_MULTIHIT documentation Add the initial ITLB_MULTIHIT documentation. [ tglx: Add it to the index so it gets actually built. ] Signed-off-by: Antonio Gomez Iglesias <antonio.gomez.iglesias@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Nelson D'Souza <nelson.dsouza@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> 2019-11-04 22:26:00 +03:00			`multihit.rst`
x86/speculation: Add SRBDS vulnerability and mitigation documentation Add documentation for the SRBDS vulnerability and its mitigation. [ bp: Massage. jpoimboe: sysfs table strings. ] Signed-off-by: Mark Gross <mgross@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> 2020-04-16 19:21:51 +03:00			`special-register-buffer-data-sampling.rst`