kernel: Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier is force-disabled when STIBP is unavailable or enhanced IBRS is available.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s implementation of the Enhanced IBPB Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier. The IBPB mitigation will be disabled when STIBP is not available or when the Enhanced Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation IBRS is available. This flaw allows a local attacker to perfo...

UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10767

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of the Enhanced IBPB Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier. The IBPB mitigation will be disabled when STIBP is not available or when the Enhanced Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation IBRS is available. This flaw allows a loc...