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Date:	Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:22:02 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	andreas.herrmann3@....com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com,
	borislav.petkov@....com
Subject: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, microcode, AMD:
  Fix broken ucode patch size check

Commit-ID:  36bf50d7697be18c6bfd0401e037df10bff1e573
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/36bf50d7697be18c6bfd0401e037df10bff1e573
Author:     Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:41:45 +0200
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:10:41 -0700

x86, microcode, AMD: Fix broken ucode patch size check

This issue was recently observed on an AMD C-50 CPU where a patch of
maximum size was applied.

Commit be62adb49294 ("x86, microcode, AMD: Simplify ucode verification")
added current_size in get_matching_microcode(). This is calculated as
size of the ucode patch + 8 (ie. size of the header). Later this is
compared against the maximum possible ucode patch size for a CPU family.
And of course this fails if the patch has already maximum size.

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> [3.3+]
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344361461-10076-1-git-send-email-bp@amd64.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 8a2ce8f..82746f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -143,11 +143,12 @@ static int get_matching_microcode(int cpu, const u8 *ucode_ptr,
 				  unsigned int *current_size)
 {
 	struct microcode_header_amd *mc_hdr;
-	unsigned int actual_size;
+	unsigned int actual_size, patch_size;
 	u16 equiv_cpu_id;
 
 	/* size of the current patch we're staring at */
-	*current_size = *(u32 *)(ucode_ptr + 4) + SECTION_HDR_SIZE;
+	patch_size = *(u32 *)(ucode_ptr + 4);
+	*current_size = patch_size + SECTION_HDR_SIZE;
 
 	equiv_cpu_id = find_equiv_id();
 	if (!equiv_cpu_id)
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ static int get_matching_microcode(int cpu, const u8 *ucode_ptr,
 	/*
 	 * now that the header looks sane, verify its size
 	 */
-	actual_size = verify_ucode_size(cpu, *current_size, leftover_size);
+	actual_size = verify_ucode_size(cpu, patch_size, leftover_size);
 	if (!actual_size)
 		return 0;
 
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