Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] Retbleed fixes

From: Pawan Gupta
Date: Mon Jun 23 2025 - 14:35:48 EST


On Sun, Jun 22, 2025 at 06:01:22PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 10:28:44AM -0700, Pawan Gupta wrote:
> > Pawan Gupta (7):
> > x86/retbleed: Avoid AUTO after the select step
> > x86/retbleed: Simplify the =stuff checks
> > x86/bugs: Avoid warning when overriding return thunk
> > x86/its: Use switch/case to apply mitigation
> > x86/retbleed: Introduce cdt_possible()
> > x86/its: Remove =stuff dependency on retbleed
> > x86/its: Allow stuffing in eIBRS+retpoline mode also
>
> Note that the subject prefixes are "x86/bugs:" not the mitigations themselves.
>
> https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/maintainer-tip.html#patch-subject

Ok.

Do you think also appending the vulnerability name like "x86/bugs/retbleed"
would be useful for someone filtering commits based on vulnerability?

> I've fixed them up.

Thanks.