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From: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: mpe@ellerman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/pseries: Fix to clear security feature flags
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:32:11 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1522348331-30753-1-git-send-email-mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)

The H_CPU_BEHAV_* flags should be checked for in the 'behaviour' field
of 'struct h_cpu_char_result' -- 'character' is for H_CPU_CHAR_* flags.

Found it by playing around with QEMU's implementation of the hypercall:

Example: 
  H_CPU_CHAR=0xf000000000000000
  H_CPU_BEHAV=0x0000000000000000

  This clears H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY and H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR
  so pseries_setup_rfi_flush() disables 'rfi_flush'; and it also clears
  H_CPU_CHAR_L1D_THREAD_PRIV flag.  So there is no RFI flush mitigation
  at all for cpu_show_meltdown() to report; but currently it does:

  Original kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
    Mitigation: RFI Flush

  Patched kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/meltdown
    Not affected

Example:
  H_CPU_CHAR=0x0000000000000000
  H_CPU_BEHAV=0xf000000000000000

  This sets H_CPU_BEHAV_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR so cpu_show_spectre_v1() should
  report vulnerable; but currently it doesn't:

  Original kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
    Not affected

  Patched kernel:

    # cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/vulnerabilities/spectre_v1
    Vulnerable

Fixes: f636c14790ea ("powerpc/pseries: Set or clear security feature flags")
Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mauricfo@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index 1f12235..b11564f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -484,13 +484,13 @@ static void init_cpu_char_feature_flags(struct h_cpu_char_result *result)
 	 * The features below are enabled by default, so we instead look to see
 	 * if firmware has *disabled* them, and clear them if so.
 	 */
-	if (!(result->character & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY))
+	if (!(result->behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_FAVOUR_SECURITY))
 		security_ftr_clear(SEC_FTR_FAVOUR_SECURITY);
 
-	if (!(result->character & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
+	if (!(result->behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_L1D_FLUSH_PR))
 		security_ftr_clear(SEC_FTR_L1D_FLUSH_PR);
 
-	if (!(result->character & H_CPU_BEHAV_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR))
+	if (!(result->behaviour & H_CPU_BEHAV_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR))
 		security_ftr_clear(SEC_FTR_BNDS_CHK_SPEC_BAR);
 }
 
-- 
1.8.3.1

             reply	other threads:[~2018-03-29 18:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-29 18:32 Mauricio Faria de Oliveira [this message]
2018-03-31 14:04 ` powerpc/pseries: Fix to clear security feature flags Michael Ellerman

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