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authorGustavo L. F. Walbon <gwalbon@linux.ibm.com>2019-05-02 18:09:07 -0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2020-01-04 19:18:03 +0100
commite25a8e8d0c14be7786160ae12c0998e22e39392b (patch)
tree29e5f915f0e67545bbaa134ce23befce7a21af19 /arch/powerpc/kernel
parent03c90248c574b002a588a97187000179db6aef7d (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel')
-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 298a2e3ad6f4..d341b464f23c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/security.c
@@ -142,26 +142,22 @@ 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");