[PATCH stable 4.14 19/23] powerpc/pseries: Fix clearing of security feature flags

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Fri May 25 20:09:50 AEST 2018


From: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

The H_CPU_BEHAV_* flags should be checked for in the 'behaviour' field
of 'struct h_cpu_char_result' -- 'character' is for H_CPU_CHAR_*
flags.

Found by playing around with QEMU's implementation of the hypercall:

  H_CPU_CHAR=0xf000000000000000
  H_CPU_BEHAV=0x0000000000000000

  This clears H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY and H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR
  so pseries_setup_rfi_flush() disables 'rfi_flush'; and it also
  clears H_CPU_CHAR_L1D_THREAD_PRIV flag. So there is no RFI flush
  mitigation at all for cpu_show_meltdown() to report; but currently
  it does:

  Original kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
    Mitigation: RFI Flush

  Patched kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
    Not affected

  H_CPU_CHAR=0x0000000000000000
  H_CPU_BEHAV=0xf000000000000000

  This sets H_CPU_BEHAV_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR so cpu_show_spectre_v1() should
  report vulnerable; but currently it doesn't:

  Original kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
    Not affected

  Patched kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
    Vulnerable

Brown-paper-bag-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Fixes: f636c14790ea ("powerpc/pseries: Set or clear security feature flags")
Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
(cherry picked from commit 0f9bdfe3c77091e8704d2e510eb7c2c2c6cde524)
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index ba0a36c577ca..3cb12d27f168 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -484,13 +484,13 @@ static void init_cpu_char_feature_flags(struct h_cpu_char_result *result)
 	 * The features below are enabled by default, so we instead look to see
 	 * if firmware has *disabled* them, and clear them if so.
 	 */
-	if (!(result->character & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY))
+	if (!(result->behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY))
 		security_ftr_clear(SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY);
 
-	if (!(result->character & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
+	if (!(result->behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
 		security_ftr_clear(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR);
 
-	if (!(result->character & H_CPU_BEHAV_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR))
+	if (!(result->behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR))
 		security_ftr_clear(SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR);
 }
 
-- 
2.14.1



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