diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index b720dacac051..5faa487d0477 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -102,6 +102,59 @@ static void probe_xeon_phi_r3mwait(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 		ELF_HWCAP2 |= HWCAP2_RING3MWAIT;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Early microcode releases for the Spectre v2 mitigation were broken.
+ * Information taken from;
+ * - https://newsroom.intel.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/01/microcode-update-guidance.pdf
+ * - https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/52345
+ * - Microcode revisions observed in the wild
+ * - Release note from 20180108 microcode release
+ */
+struct sku_microcode {
+	u8 model;
+	u8 stepping;
+	u32 microcode;
+};
+static const struct sku_microcode spectre_bad_microcodes[] = {
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP,	0x0B,	0x84 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP,	0x0A,	0x84 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_DESKTOP,	0x09,	0x84 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE,	0x0A,	0x84 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_KABYLAKE_MOBILE,	0x09,	0x84 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X,		0x03,	0x0100013e },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_X,		0x04,	0x0200003c },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_MOBILE,	0x03,	0xc2 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SKYLAKE_DESKTOP,	0x03,	0xc2 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_CORE,	0x04,	0x28 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_GT3E,	0x01,	0x1b },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_XEON_D,	0x02,	0x14 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_XEON_D,	0x03,	0x07000011 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X,	0x01,	0x0b000025 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_ULT,	0x01,	0x21 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_GT3E,	0x01,	0x18 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_CORE,	0x03,	0x23 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_X,		0x02,	0x3b },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_HASWELL_X,		0x04,	0x10 },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_IVYBRIDGE_X,	0x04,	0x42a },
+	/* Updated in the 20180108 release; blacklist until we know otherwise */
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_ATOM_GEMINI_LAKE,	0x01,	0x22 },
+	/* Observed in the wild */
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SANDYBRIDGE_X,	0x06,	0x61b },
+	{ INTEL_FAM6_SANDYBRIDGE_X,	0x07,	0x712 },
+};
+
+static bool bad_spectre_microcode(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(spectre_bad_microcodes); i++) {
+		if (c->x86_model == spectre_bad_microcodes[i].model &&
+		    c->x86_mask == spectre_bad_microcodes[i].stepping)
+			return (c->microcode <= spectre_bad_microcodes[i].microcode);
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	u64 misc_enable;
@@ -122,6 +175,19 @@ static void early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 	if (c->x86 >= 6 && !cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_IA64))
 		c->microcode = intel_get_microcode_revision();
 
+	if ((cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL) ||
+	     cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_STIBP) ||
+	     cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_SPEC_CTRL) ||
+	     cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_PRED_CMD) ||
+	     cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP)) && bad_spectre_microcode(c)) {
+		pr_warn("Intel Spectre v2 broken microcode detected; disabling SPEC_CTRL\n");
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_STIBP);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_SPEC_CTRL);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_PRED_CMD);
+		clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_AMD_STIBP);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Atom erratum AAE44/AAF40/AAG38/AAH41:
 	 *