linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/boot] x86/mm: Enable KASLR for physical mapping memory regions

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Date:	Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:42:05 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc:	Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
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Subject: Re: [tip:x86/boot] x86/mm: Enable KASLR for physical mapping memory
 regions

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 07:31:20AM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> That didn't provide any useful information.  However, when I boot with
> "nosmp", I do get an oops in load_microcode_amd().  I can't capture
> the oops message (no serial console), but it's being called from
> save_microcode_in_initrd_amd().

That is possible. KASLR already broke microcode loading on Intel. :-\

I'll try to reproduce and fix this at some point but am away currently
so don't hold your breath. Does "dis_ucode_ldr" on the kernel cmdline
get you any further?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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