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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 49dd31f30022..70f05fc3873c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2189,6 +2189,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. spectre_v2_user=off [X86] spec_store_bypass_disable=off [X86] mds=off [X86] + tsx_async_abort=off [X86] auto (default) Mitigate all CPU vulnerabilities, but leave SMT @@ -4081,6 +4082,38 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. See Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst for more details. + tsx_async_abort= [X86,INTEL] Control mitigation for the TSX Async + Abort (TAA) vulnerability. + + Similar to Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) + certain CPUs that support Transactional + Synchronization Extensions (TSX) are vulnerable to an + exploit against CPU internal buffers which can forward + information to a disclosure gadget under certain + conditions. + + In vulnerable processors, the speculatively forwarded + data can be used in a cache side channel attack, to + access data to which the attacker does not have direct + access. + + This parameter controls the TAA mitigation. The + options are: + + full - Enable TAA mitigation on vulnerable CPUs + if TSX is enabled. + + off - Unconditionally disable TAA mitigation + + Not specifying this option is equivalent to + tsx_async_abort=full. On CPUs which are MDS affected + and deploy MDS mitigation, TAA mitigation is not + required and doesn't provide any additional + mitigation. + + For details see: + Documentation/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.rst + turbografx.map[2|3]= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface Format: |