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  • Add ibpb_exit_to_user as host only feature

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New Amazon Linux host kernels enable mitigation against VMScape that is IBPB before exit to userspace. However, our guest kernels still haven't had the patches yet. Note that Intel Ice Lake is not affected by VMScape as long as BHB clearing sequence is used to mitigate BHI.

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New Amazon Linux host kernels enable mitigation against VMScape that is
IBPB before exit to userspace. However, our guest kernels still haven't
had the patches yet. Note that Intel Ice Lake is not affected by VMScape
as long as BHB clearing sequence is used to mitigate BHI.

Signed-off-by: Takahiro Itazuri <[email protected]>
@zulinx86 zulinx86 added the Status: Awaiting review Indicates that a pull request is ready to be reviewed label Oct 6, 2025
@zulinx86 zulinx86 merged commit 8221464 into firecracker-microvm:main Oct 6, 2025
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@zulinx86 zulinx86 deleted the vmscape branch October 6, 2025 13:03
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