From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lwn@lwn.net, jslaby@suse.cz,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Linux 6.6.139
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 15:05:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026051553-down-resistant-0120@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2026051552-hypnotism-unwarlike-7452@gregkh>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7878fd783212..d00b00f0c54f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
VERSION = 6
PATCHLEVEL = 6
-SUBLEVEL = 138
+SUBLEVEL = 139
EXTRAVERSION =
NAME = Pinguïn Aangedreven
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index deb5fe001776..c9f83af0e0b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@
/* Zen4 */
#define MSR_ZEN4_BP_CFG 0xc001102e
#define MSR_ZEN4_BP_CFG_SHARED_BTB_FIX_BIT 5
+#define MSR_ZEN2_BP_CFG_BUG_FIX_BIT 33
/* Zen 2 */
#define MSR_ZEN2_SPECTRAL_CHICKEN 0xc00110e3
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index 211141d37d15..c5bcf4384830 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -1166,6 +1166,9 @@ static void init_amd_zen2(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
msr_clear_bit(MSR_AMD64_CPUID_FN_7, 18);
pr_emerg("RDSEED is not reliable on this platform; disabling.\n");
}
+
+ if (!cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
+ msr_set_bit(MSR_ZEN4_BP_CFG, MSR_ZEN2_BP_CFG_BUG_FIX_BIT);
}
static void init_amd_zen3(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 9c7c67efce34..856a560100c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -916,6 +916,9 @@ struct task_struct {
*/
unsigned sched_remote_wakeup:1;
+ /* Save user-dumpable when mm goes away */
+ unsigned user_dumpable:1;
+
/* Bit to tell LSMs we're in execve(): */
unsigned in_execve:1;
unsigned in_iowait:1;
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index 03a1dd32e6ff..686bbe72bb41 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ static void exit_mm(void)
*/
smp_mb__after_spinlock();
local_irq_disable();
+ current->user_dumpable = (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER);
current->mm = NULL;
membarrier_update_current_mm(NULL);
enter_lazy_tlb(mm, current);
diff --git a/kernel/ptrace.c b/kernel/ptrace.c
index 443057bee87c..3c7d122a37fb 100644
--- a/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -283,11 +283,24 @@ static bool ptrace_has_cap(struct user_namespace *ns, unsigned int mode)
return ns_capable(ns, CAP_SYS_PTRACE);
}
+static bool task_still_dumpable(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
+{
+ struct mm_struct *mm = task->mm;
+ if (mm) {
+ if (get_dumpable(mm) == SUID_DUMP_USER)
+ return true;
+ return ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode);
+ }
+
+ if (task->user_dumpable)
+ return true;
+ return ptrace_has_cap(&init_user_ns, mode);
+}
+
/* Returns 0 on success, -errno on denial. */
static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
{
const struct cred *cred = current_cred(), *tcred;
- struct mm_struct *mm;
kuid_t caller_uid;
kgid_t caller_gid;
@@ -348,11 +361,8 @@ static int __ptrace_may_access(struct task_struct *task, unsigned int mode)
* Pairs with a write barrier in commit_creds().
*/
smp_rmb();
- mm = task->mm;
- if (mm &&
- ((get_dumpable(mm) != SUID_DUMP_USER) &&
- !ptrace_has_cap(mm->user_ns, mode)))
- return -EPERM;
+ if (!task_still_dumpable(task, mode))
+ return -EPERM;
return security_ptrace_access_check(task, mode);
}
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 76f9cad9fb62..d108bc6634ed 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@
/* AMD Last Branch Record MSRs */
#define MSR_AMD64_LBR_SELECT 0xc000010e
+#define MSR_ZEN4_BP_CFG 0xc001102e
+#define MSR_ZEN2_BP_CFG_BUG_FIX_BIT 33
+
/* Fam 17h MSRs */
#define MSR_F17H_IRPERF 0xc00000e9
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