diff --git a/etc/default/grub.d/40_cpu_mitigations.cfg b/etc/default/grub.d/40_cpu_mitigations.cfg index 1351206..9bd9fc5 100644 --- a/etc/default/grub.d/40_cpu_mitigations.cfg +++ b/etc/default/grub.d/40_cpu_mitigations.cfg @@ -4,8 +4,12 @@ ## Enables all known mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities. ## ## https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/index.html +## https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.html ## https://forums.whonix.org/t/should-all-kernel-patches-for-cpu-bugs-be-unconditionally-enabled-vs-performance-vs-applicability/7647 +## Enable known mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities and disable SMT. +GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX mitigations=auto,nosmt" + ## Enable mitigations for Spectre variant 2 (indirect branch speculation). ## ## https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/spectre.html @@ -59,3 +63,15 @@ GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX l1d_flush=on" ## ## https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.html GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX mmio_stale_data=full,nosmt" + +## Enable mitigations for RETBleed (Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with +## Return Instructions) vulnerability and disable SMT. +## +GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX retbleed=auto,nosmt" + +## Control RAS overflow mitigation on AMD Zen CPUs. +## The current default kernel parameter is 'spec_rstack_overflow=safe-ret' +## This default will used until provided sufficient evidence to modify. +## +## https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/srso.html +