CONFIG_MITIGATION_TSA: Mitigate Transient Scheduler Attacks

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_MITIGATION_TSA:

• prompt: Mitigate Transient Scheduler Attacks
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD
• defined in arch/x86/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 6.16-rc+HEAD

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Enable mitigation for Transient Scheduler Attacks. TSA is a hardware security vulnerability on AMD CPUs which can lead to forwarding of invalid info to subsequent instructions and thus can affect their timing and thereby cause a leakage.

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