From nobody Mon Feb 9 12:09:18 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1558465230; cv=none; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; b=A7NkHuWRWsyAz3ETCfEAqOMxG4SDfCcSO9AkykfQOgOUXyAeKt6FwzIg7DEbJoE76nF1rvM/Bpr3TdRgo2C3mhbASlrzenHz9CD+OcwftT1KgiKhnxLGsi+yXJr4xx1jjUtGSMb5q/FNLhmttzW5SMWTRtJDpK9X4q+SqeqZBNc= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zoho.com; s=zohoarc; t=1558465230; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Cc:Date:From:In-Reply-To:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Id:List-Archive:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Sender:Subject:To:ARC-Authentication-Results; bh=UuM8FCb/tx0NLIBd0b9xHfiqFBgYtWp2cMfLnJXbZAA=; b=TIVUv4goN56owBeVnwNLS+718WkMH00zOl1ED2cZLkkEXF9KSIU5O5PQqLdwrz6W9ShyEqzz/79XmnF+nnN0awogxseE9K4fW2ZWWUQEMQgZ0yZb1eSwp9/dkrRc8PbdsJXCWy8s7f9CrufC5n4NwntUqKZOxKLNkx7kQHXKVM0= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zoho.com; spf=pass (zoho.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; dmarc=fail header.from= (p=none dis=none) header.from= Return-Path: Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1558465230056650.1000117093192; Tue, 21 May 2019 12:00:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58030 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hT9zN-0004If-3Z for importer@patchew.org; Tue, 21 May 2019 14:59:53 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41903) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hT9u9-0008PN-7Q for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2019 14:54:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hT9r7-0005O5-28 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2019 14:51:22 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:58206) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hT9r3-0005Iz-E7 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2019 14:51:19 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F221080F81; Tue, 21 May 2019 18:51:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (ovpn-116-14.gru2.redhat.com [10.97.116.14]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A2A25C269; Tue, 21 May 2019 18:51:07 +0000 (UTC) From: Eduardo Habkost To: Peter Maydell , qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 15:50:58 -0300 Message-Id: <20190521185059.28236-3-ehabkost@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20190521185059.28236-1-ehabkost@redhat.com> References: <20190521185059.28236-1-ehabkost@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.27]); Tue, 21 May 2019 18:51:08 +0000 (UTC) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PULL 2/3] docs: recommend use of md-clear feature on all Intel CPUs X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Paolo Bonzini , =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= , Eduardo Habkost , Richard Henderson Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Update x86 CPU model guidance to recommend that the md-clear feature is manually enabled with all Intel CPU models, when supported by the host microcode. Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Message-Id: <20190515141011.5315-3-berrange@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost --- docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi index 23c11dc86f..ad040cfc98 100644 --- a/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi +++ b/docs/qemu-cpu-models.texi @@ -200,6 +200,18 @@ Not included by default in any Intel CPU model. Should be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models. =20 Note that not all CPU hardware will support this feature. + +@item @code{md-clear} + +Required to confirm the MDS (CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-1213= 0, +CVE-2019-11091) fixes. + +Not included by default in any Intel CPU model. + +Must be explicitly turned on for all Intel CPU models. + +Requires the host CPU microcode to support this feature before it +can be used for guest CPUs. @end table =20 =20 --=20 2.18.0.rc1.1.g3f1ff2140