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Pull x86 fixlet from Thomas Gleixner.
Remove a warning about lack of compiler support for retpoline that most
people can't do anything about, so it just annoys them needlessly.
* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/retpoline: Remove compile time warning
Pull powerpc fixes from Michael Ellerman:
"One fix for an oops at boot if we take a hotplug interrupt before we
are ready to handle it.
The bulk is patches to implement mitigation for Meltdown, see the
change logs for more details.
Thanks to: Nicholas Piggin, Michael Neuling, Oliver O'Halloran, Jon
Masters, Jose Ricardo Ziviani, David Gibson"
* tag 'powerpc-4.15-7' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux:
powerpc/powernv: Check device-tree for RFI flush settings
powerpc/pseries: Query hypervisor for RFI flush settings
powerpc/64s: Support disabling RFI flush with no_rfi_flush and nopti
powerpc/64s: Add support for RFI flush of L1-D cache
powerpc/64s: Convert slb_miss_common to use RFI_TO_USER/KERNEL
powerpc/64: Convert fast_exception_return to use RFI_TO_USER/KERNEL
powerpc/64: Convert the syscall exit path to use RFI_TO_USER/KERNEL
powerpc/64s: Simple RFI macro conversions
powerpc/64: Add macros for annotating the destination of rfid/hrfid
powerpc/pseries: Add H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS flags & wrapper
powerpc/pseries: Make RAS IRQ explicitly dependent on DLPAR WQ
Remove the compile time warning when CONFIG_RETPOLINE=y and the compiler
does not have retpoline support. Linus rationale for this is:
It's wrong because it will just make people turn off RETPOLINE, and the
asm updates - and return stack clearing - that are independent of the
compiler are likely the most important parts because they are likely the
ones easiest to target.
And it's annoying because most people won't be able to do anything about
it. The number of people building their own compiler? Very small. So if
their distro hasn't got a compiler yet (and pretty much nobody does), the
warning is just annoying crap.
It is already properly reported as part of the sysfs interface. The
compile-time warning only encourages bad things.
Fixes: 76b043848fd2 ("x86/retpoline: Add initial retpoline support")
Requested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: thomas.lendacky@amd.com
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jikos@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@google.com>
Cc: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFzWgquv4i6Mab6bASqYXg3ErV3XDFEYf=GEcCDQg5uAtw@mail.gmail.com
Pull NVMe fix from Jens Axboe:
"Just a single fix for nvme over fabrics that should go into 4.15"
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
nvme-fabrics: initialize default host->id in nvmf_host_default()
New device-tree properties are available which tell the hypervisor
settings related to the RFI flush. Use them to determine the
appropriate flush instruction to use, and whether the flush is
required.
Signed-off-by: Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
The intel_bts driver does not use the 'normal' BTS buffer which is exposed
through the cpu_entry_area but instead uses the memory allocated for the
perf AUX buffer.
This obviously comes apart when using PTI because then the kernel mapping;
which includes that AUX buffer memory; disappears. Fixing this requires to
expose a mapping which is visible in all context and that's not trivial.
As a quick fix disable this driver when PTI is enabled to prevent
malfunction.
Fixes: 385ce0ea4c07 ("x86/mm/pti: Add Kconfig")
Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Reported-by: Robert Święcki <robert@swiecki.net>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: greg@kroah.com
Cc: hughd@google.com
Cc: luto@amacapital.net
Cc: Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net>
Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180114102713.GB6166@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net
Pull x86 pti updates from Thomas Gleixner:
"This contains:
- a PTI bugfix to avoid setting reserved CR3 bits when PCID is
disabled. This seems to cause issues on a virtual machine at least
and is incorrect according to the AMD manual.
- a PTI bugfix which disables the perf BTS facility if PTI is
enabled. The BTS AUX buffer is not globally visible and causes the
CPU to fault when the mapping disappears on switching CR3 to user
space. A full fix which restores BTS on PTI is non trivial and will
be worked on.
- PTI bugfixes for EFI and trusted boot which make sure that the user
space visible page table entries have the NX bit cleared
- removal of dead code in the PTI pagetable setup functions
- add PTI documentation
- add a selftest for vsyscall to verify that the kernel actually
implements what it advertises.
- a sysfs interface to expose vulnerability and mitigation
information so there is a coherent way for users to retrieve the
status.
- the initial spectre_v2 mitigations, aka retpoline:
+ The necessary ASM thunk and compiler support
+ The ASM variants of retpoline and the conversion of affected ASM
code
+ Make LFENCE serializing on AMD so it can be used as speculation
trap
+ The RSB fill after vmexit
- initial objtool support for retpoline
As I said in the status mail this is the most of the set of patches
which should go into 4.15 except two straight forward patches still on
hold:
- the retpoline add on of LFENCE which waits for ACKs
- the RSB fill after context switch
Both should be ready to go early next week and with that we'll have
covered the major holes of spectre_v2 and go back to normality"
* 'x86-pti-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (28 commits)
x86,perf: Disable intel_bts when PTI
security/Kconfig: Correct the Documentation reference for PTI
x86/pti: Fix !PCID and sanitize defines
selftests/x86: Add test_vsyscall
x86/retpoline: Fill return stack buffer on vmexit
x86/retpoline/irq32: Convert assembler indirect jumps
x86/retpoline/checksum32: Convert assembler indirect jumps
x86/retpoline/xen: Convert Xen hypercall indirect jumps
x86/retpoline/hyperv: Convert assembler indirect jumps
x86/retpoline/ftrace: Convert ftrace assembler indirect jumps
x86/retpoline/entry: Convert entry assembler indirect jumps
x86/retpoline/crypto: Convert crypto assembler indirect jumps
x86/spectre: Add boot time option to select Spectre v2 mitigation
x86/retpoline: Add initial retpoline support
objtool: Allow alternatives to be ignored
objtool: Detect jumps to retpoline thunks
x86/pti: Make unpoison of pgd for trusted boot work for real
x86/alternatives: Fix optimize_nops() checking
sysfs/cpu: Fix typos in vulnerability documentation
x86/cpu/AMD: Use LFENCE_RDTSC in preference to MFENCE_RDTSC
...
Pull a single NVMe fix from Christoph for 4.15.
A new hypervisor call is available which tells the guest settings
related to the RFI flush. Use it to query the appropriate flush
instruction(s), and whether the flush is required.
Signed-off-by: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
When the config option for PTI was added a reference to documentation was
added as well. But the documentation did not exist at that point. The final
documentation has a different file name.
Fix it up to point to the proper file.
Fixes: 385ce0ea ("x86/mm/pti: Add Kconfig")
Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org
Cc: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Cc: "Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3009cc8ccbddcd897ec1e0cb6dda524929de0d14.1515799398.git.wking@tremily.us
Pull USB fixes from Greg KH:
"Here are some small USB fixes and device ids for 4.15-rc8
Nothing major, small fixes for various devices, some resolutions for
bugs found by fuzzers, and the usual handful of new device ids.
All of these have been in linux-next with no reported issues"
* tag 'usb-4.15-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb:
Documentation: usb: fix typo in UVC gadgetfs config command
usb: misc: usb3503: make sure reset is low for at least 100us
uas: ignore UAS for Norelsys NS1068(X) chips
USB: UDC core: fix double-free in usb_add_gadget_udc_release
USB: fix usbmon BUG trigger
usbip: vudc_tx: fix v_send_ret_submit() vulnerability to null xfer buffer
usbip: remove kernel addresses from usb device and urb debug msgs
usbip: fix vudc_rx: harden CMD_SUBMIT path to handle malicious input
USB: serial: cp210x: add new device ID ELV ALC 8xxx
USB: serial: cp210x: add IDs for LifeScan OneTouch Verio IQ
范龙飞 reports that KASAN can report a use-after-free in __lock_acquire.
The reason is due to insufficient serialization in lo_release(), which
will continue to use the loop device even after it has decremented the
lo_refcnt to zero.
In the meantime, another process can come in, open the loop device
again as it is being shut down. Confusion ensues.
Reported-by: 范龙飞 <long7573@126.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
The field was uninitialized before use.
Signed-off-by: Ewan D. Milne <emilne@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>