From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>,
Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@gmx.de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>,
James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tpm: Replace WARN_ONCE() with dev_err_once() in tpm_tis_status()
Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 07:14:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YLRwrezeI7oW2Evz@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210531045131.110616-1-jarkko@kernel.org>
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:51:31AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Do not torn down the system when getting invalid status from a TPM chip.
> This can happen when panic-on-warn is used.
>
> In addition, print out the value of TPM_STS.x instead of "invalid
> status". In order to get the earlier benefits for forensics, also call
> dump_stack().
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/keyrings/YKzlTR1AzUigShtZ@kroah.com/
> Fixes: 55707d531af6 ("tpm_tis: Add a check for invalid status")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> index 55b9d3965ae1..514a481829c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
> @@ -202,7 +202,16 @@ static u8 tpm_tis_status(struct tpm_chip *chip)
> * acquired. Usually because tpm_try_get_ops() hasn't
> * been called before doing a TPM operation.
> */
> - WARN_ONCE(1, "TPM returned invalid status\n");
> + dev_err_once(&chip->dev, "invalid TPM_STS.x 0x%02x, dumping stack for forensics\n",
> + status);
> +
> + /*
> + * Dump stack for forensics, as invalid TPM_STS.x could be
> + * potentially triggered by impaired tpm_try_get_ops() or
> + * tpm_find_get_ops().
> + */
> + dump_stack();
> +
> return 0;
> }
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-31 5:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-31 4:51 [PATCH] tpm: Replace WARN_ONCE() with dev_err_once() in tpm_tis_status() Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-05-31 5:14 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-05-31 5:33 ` Paul Menzel
2021-06-01 17:36 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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