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authorMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2019-03-29 22:25:53 +1100
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2019-04-03 06:25:12 +0200
commitd4d3a4b43809a1a8bf6031dd22b7eb9b05e09c09 (patch)
tree44045f05f73cbeffad78b7143503b1a698594721 /arch/powerpc
parent3692ca6ff3ee470951c91c788447ed38e6f8dd7c (diff)
powerpc/64: Use barrier_nospec in syscall entry
commit 51973a815c6b46d7b23b68d6af371ad1c9d503ca upstream. Our syscall entry is done in assembly so patch in an explicit barrier_nospec. Based on a patch by Michal Suchanek. Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
index c194f4c8e66b..7a43b27dc6e0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <asm/context_tracking.h>
#include <asm/tm.h>
#include <asm/ppc-opcode.h>
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
#include <asm/export.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S
#include <asm/exception-64s.h>
@@ -179,6 +180,15 @@ system_call: /* label this so stack traces look sane */
clrldi r8,r8,32
15:
slwi r0,r0,4
+
+ barrier_nospec_asm
+ /*
+ * Prevent the load of the handler below (based on the user-passed
+ * system call number) being speculatively executed until the test
+ * against NR_syscalls and branch to .Lsyscall_enosys above has
+ * committed.
+ */
+
ldx r12,r11,r0 /* Fetch system call handler [ptr] */
mtctr r12
bctrl /* Call handler */