x86: set SPECTRE_BHI_ON as default
commit 2bb69f5fc72183e1c62547d900f560d0e9334925 upstream.
Part of a merge commit from Linus that adjusted the default setting of
SPECTRE_BHI_ON.
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index b3cd308..b4e68595 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2569,7 +2569,7 @@
choice
prompt "Clear branch history"
depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL
- default SPECTRE_BHI_AUTO
+ default SPECTRE_BHI_ON
help
Enable BHI mitigations. BHI attacks are a form of Spectre V2 attacks
where the branch history buffer is poisoned to speculatively steer
