kernel/linux.git/include/linux/cper.h, branch v6.19.11

EFI/CPER: don't go past the ARM processor CPER record buffer

2026-03-04T12:19:37+00:00

[ Upstream commit eae21beecb95a3b69ee5c38a659f774e171d730e ] There's a logic inside GHES/CPER to detect if the section_length is too small, but it doesn't detect if it is too big. Currently, if the firmware receives an ARM processor CPER record stating that a section length is big, kernel will blindly trust section_length, producing a very long dump. For instance, a 67 bytes record with ERR_INFO_NUM set 46198 and section length set to 854918320 would dump a lot of data going a way past the firmware memory-mapped area. Fix it by adding a logic to prevent it to go past the buffer if ERR_INFO_NUM is too big, making it report instead: [Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1 [Hardware Error]: event severity: recoverable [Hardware Error]: Error 0, type: recoverable [Hardware Error]: section_type: ARM processor error [Hardware Error]: MIDR: 0xff304b2f8476870a [Hardware Error]: section length: 854918320, CPER size: 67 [Hardware Error]: section length is too big [Hardware Error]: firmware-generated error record is incorrect [Hardware Error]: ERR_INFO_NUM is 46198 Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel Reviewed-by: Hanjun Guo [ rjw: Subject and changelog tweaks ] Link: https://patch.msgid.link/41cd9f6b3ace3cdff7a5e864890849e4b1c58b63.1767871950.git.mchehab+huawei@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

efi/cper: align ARM CPER type with UEFI 2.9A/2.10 specs

2025-11-21T08:42:03+00:00

Up to UEFI spec 2.9, the type byte of CPER struct for ARM processor was defined simply as: Type at byte offset 4: - Cache error - TLB Error - Bus Error - Micro-architectural Error All other values are reserved Yet, there was no information about how this would be encoded. Spec 2.9A errata corrected it by defining: - Bit 1 - Cache Error - Bit 2 - TLB Error - Bit 3 - Bus Error - Bit 4 - Micro-architectural Error All other values are reserved That actually aligns with the values already defined on older versions at N.2.4.1. Generic Processor Error Section. Spec 2.10 also preserve the same encoding as 2.9A. Adjust CPER and GHES handling code for both generic and ARM processors to properly handle UEFI 2.9A and 2.10 encoding. Link: https://uefi.org/specs/UEFI/2.10/Apx_N_Common_Platform_Error_Record.html#arm-processor-error-information Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel

efi/cper: Add a new helper function to print bitmasks

2025-11-21T08:42:02+00:00

Add a helper function to print a string with names associated to each bit field. A typical example is: const char * const bits[] = { "bit 3 name", "bit 4 name", "bit 5 name", }; char str[120]; unsigned int bitmask = BIT(3) | BIT(5); #define MASK GENMASK(5,3) cper_bits_to_str(str, sizeof(str), FIELD_GET(MASK, bitmask), bits, ARRAY_SIZE(bits)); The above code fills string "str" with "bit 3 name|bit 5 name". Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel

efi/cper, cxl: Remove cper_cxl.h

2025-02-06T18:27:16+00:00

Move the declaration of cxl_cper_print_prot_err() to include/linux/cper.h to avoid maintaining a separate header file just for this function declaration. Remove drivers/firmware/efi/cper_cxl.h as its contents have been reorganized. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Smita Koralahalli Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang Reviewed-by: Fan Ni Reviewed-by: Gregory Price Reviewed-by: Dan Williams Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250123084421.127697-4-Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@amd.com Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang

efi/cper, cxl: Make definitions and structures global

2025-02-06T18:27:01+00:00

In preparation to add tracepoint support, move protocol error UUID definition to a common location, Also, make struct CXL RAS capability, cxl_cper_sec_prot_err and CPER validation flags global for use across different modules. Signed-off-by: Smita Koralahalli Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang Reviewed-by: Fan Ni Reviewed-by: Gregory Price Reviewed-by: Dan Williams Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250123084421.127697-3-Smita.KoralahalliChannabasappa@amd.com Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang

cxl/cper: Fix errant CPER prints for CXL events

2024-02-03T17:31:17+00:00

Jonathan reports that CXL CPER events dump an extra generic error message. {1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1 {1}[Hardware Error]: event severity: recoverable {1}[Hardware Error]: Error 0, type: recoverable {1}[Hardware Error]: section type: unknown, fbcd0a77-c260-417f-85a9-088b1621eba6 {1}[Hardware Error]: section length: 0x90 {1}[Hardware Error]: 00000000: 00000090 00000007 00000000 0d938086 ................ {1}[Hardware Error]: 00000010: 00100000 00000000 00040000 00000000 ................ ... CXL events were rerouted though the CXL subsystem for additional processing. However, when that work was done it was missed that cper_estatus_print_section() continued with a generic error message which is confusing. Teach CPER print code to ignore printing details of some section types. Assign the CXL event GUIDs to this set to prevent confusing unknown prints. Reported-by: Jonathan Cameron Suggested-by: Jonathan Cameron Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron Reviewed-by: Alison Schofield Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel

efi: fix missing prototype warnings

2023-05-25T07:26:19+00:00

The cper.c file needs to include an extra header, and efi_zboot_entry needs an extern declaration to avoid these 'make W=1' warnings: drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/zboot.c:65:1: error: no previous prototype for 'efi_zboot_entry' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c:176:16: error: no previous prototype for 'efi_attr_is_visible' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c:626:6: error: no previous prototype for 'cper_estatus_print' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c:649:5: error: no previous prototype for 'cper_estatus_check_header' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c:662:5: error: no previous prototype for 'cper_estatus_check' [-Werror=missing-prototypes] To make this easier, move the cper specific declarations to include/linux/cper.h. Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel

EDAC/ghes: Unify CPER memory error location reporting

2022-04-08T09:31:18+00:00

Switch the GHES EDAC memory error reporting functions to use the common CPER ones and get rid of code duplication. [ bp: - rewrite commit message, remove useless text - rip out useless reformatting - align function params on the opening brace - rename function to a more descriptive name - drop useless function exports - handle buffer lengths properly when printing other detail - remove useless casting ] Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308144053.49090-3-xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com

efi/cper: Add a cper_mem_err_status_str() to decode error description

2022-04-08T09:16:08+00:00

Introduce a new helper function cper_mem_err_status_str() to decode the error status value into a human readable string. [ bp: Massage. ] Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220308144053.49090-2-xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com

cper,edac,efi: Memory Error Record: bank group/address and chip id

2020-09-17T07:19:52+00:00

Updates to the UEFI 2.8 Memory Error Record allow splitting the bank field into bank address and bank group, and using the last 3 bits of the extended field as a chip identifier. When needed, print correct version of bank field, bank group, and chip identification. Based on UEFI 2.8 Table 299. Memory Error Record. Signed-off-by: Alex Kluver Reviewed-by: Russ Anderson Reviewed-by: Kyle Meyer Reviewed-by: Steve Wahl Acked-by: Borislav Petkov Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200819143544.155096-3-alex.kluver@hpe.com Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel