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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 13:59:44 +0100
commitd17d0199fb0730bba30859c11d1f894b3fab94ba (patch)
treee1d6458ca46f7b35ea8a944ceb0d9824bb826a25 /arch/powerpc/kernel
parente2b1506f69cb1600aa8338643b6f888ba1a3e9b3 (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 fef3f09fc238..b3f540c9f410 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");