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Project ACRN hypervisor
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Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS) is a hardware vulnerability
which allows unprivileged speculative access to data which is available
in various CPU internal buffers.
1. Mitigation on ACRN:
1) Microcode update is required.
2) Clear CPU internal buffers (store buffer, load buffer and
load port) if current CPU is affected by MDS, when VM entry
to avoid any information leakage to guest thru above buffers.
3) Mitigation is not needed if ARCH_CAP_MDS_NO bit (bit5)
is set in IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES MSR (10AH), in this case,
current processor is no affected by MDS vulnerability, in other
cases mitigation for MDS is required.
2. Methods to clear CPU buffers (microcode update is required):
1) L1D cache flush
2) VERW instruction
Either of above operations will trigger clearing all
CPU internal buffers if this CPU is affected by MDS.
Above mechnism is enumerated by:
CPUID.(EAX=7H, ECX=0):EDX[MD_CLEAR=10].
3. Mitigation details on ACRN:
if (processor is affected by MDS)
if (processor is not affected by L1TF OR
L1D flush is not launched on VM Entry)
execute VERW instruction when VM entry.
endif
endif
4. Referrence:
Deep Dive: Intel Analysis of Microarchitectural Data Sampling
https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/insights/
deep-dive-intel-analysis-microarchitectural-data-sampling
Deep Dive: CPUID Enumeration and Architectural MSRs
https://software.intel.com/security-software-guidance/insights/
deep-dive-cpuid-enumeration-and-architectural-msrs
Tracked-On: #3317
Signed-off-by: Yonghua Huang <yonghua.huang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Anthony Xu <anthony.xu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason CJ Chen <jason.cj.chen@intel.com>
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Project ACRN Embedded Hypervisor ################################ The open source project ACRN defines a device hypervisor reference stack and an architecture for running multiple software subsystems, managed securely, on a consolidated system by means of a virtual machine manager. It also defines a reference framework implementation for virtual device emulation, called the "ACRN Device Model". The ACRN Hypervisor is a Type 1 reference hypervisor stack, running directly on the bare-metal hardware, and is suitable for a variety of IoT and embedded device solutions. The ACRN hypervisor addresses the gap that currently exists between datacenter hypervisors, and hard partitioning hypervisors. The ACRN hypervisor architecture partitions the system into different functional domains, with carefully selected guest OS sharing optimizations for IoT and embedded devices. .. start_include_here Community Support ***************** The Project ACRN Developer Community includes developers from member organizations and the general community all joining in the development of software within the project. Members contribute and discuss ideas, submit bugs and bug fixes. They also help those in need through the community's forums such as mailing lists and IRC channels. Anyone can join the developer community and the community is always willing to help its members and the User Community to get the most out of Project ACRN. Welcome to the project ARCN community! We're now holding weekly Technical Community Meetings and encourage you to call in and learn more about the project. Meeting information is on the `TCM Meeting page`_ in our `ACRN wiki <https://wiki.projectacrn.org/>`_. .. _TCM Meeting page: https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/wiki/ACRN-Committee-and-Working-Group-Meetings#technical-community-meetings Resources ********* Here's a quick summary of resources to find your way around the Project ACRN support systems: * **Project ACRN Website**: The https://projectacrn.org website is the central source of information about the project. On this site, you'll find background and current information about the project as well as relevant links to project material. For a quick start, refer to the `Introduction`_ and `Getting Started Guide`_. * **Source Code in GitHub**: Project ACRN source code is maintained on a public GitHub repository at https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor. You'll find information about getting access to the repository and how to contribute to the project in this `Contribution Guide`_ document. * **Documentation**: Project technical documentation is developed along with the project's code, and can be found at https://projectacrn.github.io. Additional documentation is maintained in the `Project ACRN GitHub wiki`_. * **Issue Reporting and Tracking**: Requirements and Issue tracking is done in the Github issues system: https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/issues. You can browse through the reported issues and submit issues of your own. * **Reporting a Potential Security Vulnerability**: If you have discovered potential security vulnerability in ACRN, please send an e-mail to secure@intel.com. For issues related to Intel Products, please visit https://security-center.intel.com. It is important to include the following details: - The projects and versions affected - Detailed description of the vulnerability - Information on known exploits Vulnerability information is extremely sensitive. Please encrypt all security vulnerability reports using our `PGP key`_. A member of the Intel Product Security Team will review your e-mail and contact you to to collaborate on resolving the issue. For more information on how Intel works to resolve security issues, see: `vulnerability handling guidelines`_. * **Mailing List**: The `Project ACRN Development mailing list`_ is perhaps the most convenient way to track developer discussions and to ask your own support questions to the project ACRN community. There are also specific `ACRN mailing list subgroups`_ for builds, users, and Technical Steering Committee notes, for example. You can read through the message archives to follow past posts and discussions, a good thing to do to discover more about the project. .. _Introduction: https://projectacrn.github.io/latest/introduction/ .. _Getting Started Guide: https://projectacrn.github.io/latest/getting_started/ .. _Contribution Guide: https://projectacrn.github.io/latest/contribute.html .. _Project ACRN GitHub wiki: https://github.com/projectacrn/acrn-hypervisor/wiki .. _PGP Key: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/pgp-public-key.html .. _vulnerability handling guidelines: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/vulnerability-handling-guidelines.html .. _Project ACRN Development mailing list: https://lists.projectacrn.org/g/acrn-dev .. _ACRN mailing list subgroups: https://lists.projectacrn.org/g/main/subgroups