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@@ -2202,6 +2202,23 @@
different crypto accelerators. This option can be used
to achieve best performance for particular HW.
+ indirect_target_selection= [X86,Intel] Mitigation control for Indirect
+ Target Selection(ITS) bug in Intel CPUs. Updated
+ microcode is also required for a fix in IBPB.
+
+ on: Enable mitigation (default).
+ off: Disable mitigation.
+ force: Force the ITS bug and deploy default
+ mitigation.
+ vmexit: Only deploy mitigation if CPU is affected by
+ guest/host isolation part of ITS.
+ stuff: Deploy RSB-fill mitigation when retpoline is
+ also deployed. Otherwise, deploy the default
+ mitigation.
+
+ For details see:
+ Documentation/admin-guide/hw-vuln/indirect-target-selection.rst
+
init= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
@@ -3693,6 +3710,7 @@
expose users to several CPU vulnerabilities.
Equivalent to: if nokaslr then kpti=0 [ARM64]
gather_data_sampling=off [X86]
+ indirect_target_selection=off [X86]
kvm.nx_huge_pages=off [X86]
l1tf=off [X86]
mds=off [X86]