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Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:45:38 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	aravind.gopalakrishnan@....com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	hpa@...ux.intel.com, bp@...e.de
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h,
  erratum 793

Commit-ID:  3b56496865f9f7d9bcb2f93b44c63f274f08e3b6
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/3b56496865f9f7d9bcb2f93b44c63f274f08e3b6
Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
AuthorDate: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:07:11 +0100
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:39:07 -0800

x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793

This adds the workaround for erratum 793 as a precaution in case not
every BIOS implements it.  This addresses CVE-2013-6885.

Erratum text:

[Revision Guide for AMD Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh Processors,
document 51810 Rev. 3.04 November 2013]

793 Specific Combination of Writes to Write Combined Memory Types and
Locked Instructions May Cause Core Hang

Description

Under a highly specific and detailed set of internal timing
conditions, a locked instruction may trigger a timing sequence whereby
the write to a write combined memory type is not flushed, causing the
locked instruction to stall indefinitely.

Potential Effect on System

Processor core hang.

Suggested Workaround

BIOS should set MSR
C001_1020[15] = 1b.

Fix Planned

No fix planned

[ hpa: updated description, fixed typo in MSR name ]

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140114230711.GS29865@pd.tnic
Tested-by: Aravind Gopalakrishnan <aravind.gopalakrishnan@....com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c             | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h
index 37813b5..59cea18 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 #define MSR_AMD64_PATCH_LOADER		0xc0010020
 #define MSR_AMD64_OSVW_ID_LENGTH	0xc0010140
 #define MSR_AMD64_OSVW_STATUS		0xc0010141
+#define MSR_AMD64_LS_CFG		0xc0011020
 #define MSR_AMD64_DC_CFG		0xc0011022
 #define MSR_AMD64_BU_CFG2		0xc001102a
 #define MSR_AMD64_IBSFETCHCTL		0xc0011030
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
index bca023b..59bfebc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/amd.c
@@ -508,6 +508,16 @@ static void early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 			set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_EXTD_APICID);
 	}
 #endif
+
+	/* F16h erratum 793, CVE-2013-6885 */
+	if (c->x86 == 0x16 && c->x86_model <= 0xf) {
+		u64 val;
+
+		rdmsrl(MSR_AMD64_LS_CFG, val);
+		if (!(val & BIT(15)))
+			wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_LS_CFG, val | BIT(15));
+	}
+
 }
 
 static const int amd_erratum_383[];
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