Patch "powerpc/64s: Enhance the information in cpu_show_meltdown()" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

gregkh at linuxfoundation.org gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Sat Jun 2 23:35:39 AEST 2018


This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

    powerpc/64s: Enhance the information in cpu_show_meltdown()

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
    http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
     powerpc-64s-enhance-the-information-in-cpu_show_meltdown.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable at vger.kernel.org> know about it.


>From foo at baz Sat Jun  2 15:29:05 CEST 2018
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Date: Sat,  2 Jun 2018 21:08:59 +1000
Subject: powerpc/64s: Enhance the information in cpu_show_meltdown()
To: gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev at ozlabs.org
Message-ID: <20180602110908.29773-15-mpe at ellerman.id.au>

From: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>

commit ff348355e9c72493947be337bb4fae4fc1a41eba upstream.

Now that we have the security feature flags we can make the
information displayed in the "meltdown" file more informative.

Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/seq_buf.h>
 
 #include <asm/security_features.h>
 
@@ -19,8 +20,33 @@ unsigned long powerpc_security_features
 
 ssize_t cpu_show_meltdown(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
-	if (rfi_flush)
-		return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: RFI Flush\n");
+	bool thread_priv;
+
+	thread_priv = security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_THREAD_PRIV);
+
+	if (rfi_flush || thread_priv) {
+		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, ", ");
+
+		if (thread_priv)
+			seq_buf_printf(&s, "L1D private per thread");
+
+		seq_buf_printf(&s, "\n");
+
+		return s.len;
+	}
+
+	if (!security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_HV) &&
+	    !security_ftr_enabled(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
+		return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
 
 	return sprintf(buf, "Vulnerable\n");
 }


Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mpe at ellerman.id.au are

queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-clear-pcr-on-boot.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-differentiate-enabled-and-patched-flush-types.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-fix-section-mismatch-warnings-from-setup_rfi_flush.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-fix-clearing-of-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-powernv-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-move-cpu_show_meltdown.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-call-setup_rfi_flush-after-lpm-migration.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-set-or-clear-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-make-it-possible-to-call-setup_rfi_flush-again.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-move-default-security-feature-flags.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-powernv-use-the-security-flags-in-pnv_setup_rfi_flush.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-add-security-feature-flags-for-spectre-meltdown.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-use-the-security-flags-in-pseries_setup_rfi_flush.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-enhance-the-information-in-cpu_show_meltdown.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-move-out-of-hardlockup_detector-ifdef.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-always-enable-fallback-flush-on-pseries.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-rfi-flush-move-the-logic-to-avoid-a-redo-into-the-debugfs-code.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-restore-default-security-feature-flags-on-setup.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-add-new-h_get_cpu_characteristics-flags.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-add-support-for-a-store-forwarding-barrier-at-kernel-entry-exit.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v1.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-powernv-support-firmware-disable-of-rfi-flush.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-pseries-support-firmware-disable-of-rfi-flush.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-64s-wire-up-cpu_show_spectre_v2.patch


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