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Date:	Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:51:39 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	andreas.herrmann3@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu,
	borislav.petkov@....com
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, amd-ucode: Check UCODE_MAGIC before loading the container file

Commit-ID:  506f90eeae682dc96c11c7aefac0262b3a560b49
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/506f90eeae682dc96c11c7aefac0262b3a560b49
Author:     Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:45:52 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:46:09 +0100

x86, amd-ucode: Check UCODE_MAGIC before loading the container file

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
LKML-Reference: <20091029134552.GC30802@...erich.amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 366baa1..f4c538b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
 		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 	}
 
+	if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
+		       *(u32 *)firmware->data);
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware);
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