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authorDimitris Papastamos <dimitris.papastamos@arm.com>2018-05-29 09:28:05 +0100
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Merge pull request #1392 from dp-arm/dp/cve_2018_3639
Implement workaround for CVE-2018-3639 on Cortex A57/A72/A73 and A75
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@@ -24,6 +24,17 @@ vulnerability workarounds should be applied at runtime.
with the recommendation in the spec regarding workaround discovery.
Defaults to 1.
+- ``WORKAROUND_CVE_2018_3639``: Enables the security workaround for
+ `CVE-2018-3639`_. Defaults to 1. The TF-A project recommends to keep
+ the default value of 1 even on platforms that are unaffected by
+ CVE-2018-3639, in order to comply with the recommendation in the spec
+ regarding workaround discovery.
+
+- ``DYNAMIC_WORKAROUND_CVE_2018_3639``: Enables dynamic mitigation for
+ `CVE-2018-3639`_. This build option should be set to 1 if the target
+ platform contains at least 1 CPU that requires dynamic mitigation.
+ Defaults to 0.
+
CPU Errata Workarounds
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