[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 43/79] powerpc/security: Fix wrong message when RFI Flush is disable

Sasha Levin sashal at kernel.org
Thu Dec 12 02:26:07 AEDT 2019


From: "Gustavo L. F. Walbon" <gwalbon at linux.ibm.com>

[ 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 at linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro S. M. Rodrigues <maurosr at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190502210907.42375-1-gwalbon@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal at kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
index a4354c4f6bc50..6a3dde9587ccb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -134,26 +134,22 @@ 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");
-- 
2.20.1



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