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authorGustavo L. F. Walbon <gwalbon@linux.ibm.com>2019-05-03 00:09:07 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2020-01-04 15:40:53 +0300
commit9da4be36472fd6aa53c7635d16b492551979507d (patch)
tree98bcd79904786ac88ef8e17414f0e52b9d0edfcf
parente393b78e53bd87ae76a8317346f06f812b9330c5 (diff)
downloadlinux-9da4be36472fd6aa53c7635d16b492551979507d.tar.xz
powerpc/security: Fix wrong message when RFI Flush is disable
[ Upstream commit 4e706af3cd8e1d0503c25332b30cad33c97ed442 ] The issue was showing "Mitigation" message via sysfs whatever the state of "RFI Flush", but it should show "Vulnerable" when it is disabled. If you have "L1D private" feature enabled and not "RFI Flush" you are vulnerable to meltdown attacks. "RFI Flush" is the key feature to mitigate the meltdown whatever the "L1D private" state. SEC_FTR_L1D_THREAD_PRIV is a feature for Power9 only. So the message should be as the truth table shows: CPU | L1D private | RFI Flush | sysfs ----|-------------|-----------|------------------------------------- P9 | False | False | Vulnerable P9 | False | True | Mitigation: RFI Flush P9 | True | False | Vulnerable: L1D private per thread P9 | True | True | Mitigation: RFI Flush, L1D private per thread P8 | False | False | Vulnerable P8 | False | True | Mitigation: RFI Flush Output before this fix: # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown Mitigation: RFI Flush, L1D private per thread # echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/rfi_flush # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown Mitigation: L1D private per thread Output after fix: # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown Mitigation: RFI Flush, L1D private per thread # echo 0 > /sys/kernel/debug/powerpc/rfi_flush # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown Vulnerable: L1D private per thread Signed-off-by: Gustavo L. F. Walbon <gwalbon@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro S. M. Rodrigues <maurosr@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190502210907.42375-1-gwalbon@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c16
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index db66f25c190c..ff85fc800183 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -135,26 +135,22 @@ ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, cha
thread_priv = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_THREAD_PRIV);
- if (rfi_flush || thread_priv) {
+ if (rfi_flush) {
struct seq_buf s;
seq_buf_init(&s, buf, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
- seq_buf_printf(&s, "Mitigation: ");
-
- if (rfi_flush)
- seq_buf_printf(&s, "RFI Flush");
-
- if (rfi_flush && thread_priv)
- seq_buf_printf(&s, ", ");
-
+ seq_buf_printf(&s, "Mitigation: RFI Flush");
if (thread_priv)
- seq_buf_printf(&s, "L1D private per thread");
+ seq_buf_printf(&s, ", L1D private per thread");
seq_buf_printf(&s, "\n");
return s.len;
}
+ if (thread_priv)
+ return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable: L1D private per thread\n");
+
if (!security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_HV) &&
!security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");