linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.16 66/72] sched/autogroup: Fix possible Spectre-v1 indexing for sched_prio_to

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Date:   Mon, 14 May 2018 08:49:23 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.16 66/72] sched/autogroup: Fix possible Spectre-v1 indexing for sched_prio_to_weight[]

4.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

commit 354d7793070611b4df5a79fbb0f12752d0ed0cc5 upstream.

> kernel/sched/autogroup.c:230 proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice() warn: potential spectre issue 'sched_prio_to_weight'

Userspace controls @nice, sanitize the array index.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: <stable@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 kernel/sched/autogroup.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/sched/autogroup.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/autogroup.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/utsname.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 
 #include "sched.h"
 
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ int proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(struct
 	static unsigned long next = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
 	struct autogroup *ag;
 	unsigned long shares;
-	int err;
+	int err, idx;
 
 	if (nice < MIN_NICE || nice > MAX_NICE)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -230,7 +231,9 @@ int proc_sched_autogroup_set_nice(struct
 
 	next = HZ / 10 + jiffies;
 	ag = autogroup_task_get(p);
-	shares = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[nice + 20]);
+
+	idx = array_index_nospec(nice + 20, 40);
+	shares = scale_load(sched_prio_to_weight[idx]);
 
 	down_write(&ag->lock);
 	err = sched_group_set_shares(ag->tg, shares);