The new MSR IA32_SPEC_CTRL MSR was introduced by a recent Intel
microcode updated and can be used by OSes to mitigate
CVE-2017-5715. Unfortunately we can't change the existing CPU
models without breaking existing setups, so users need to
explicitly update their VM configuration to use the new *-IBRS
CPU model if they want to expose IBRS to guests.
The new CPU models are simple copies of the existing CPU models,
with just CPUID_7_0_EDX_SPEC_CTRL added and model_id updated.
Cc: Jiri Denemark <jdenemar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20180109154519.25634-6-ehabkost@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit ac96c41354)
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Eduardo Habkost
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