linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.5 000/176] 5.5.8-stable review

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Message-ID: <CA+G9fYuTXB03s5YSn=NL0dtF-Kzj0YHUu6NwqSh6m9Hco59DPw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Mar 2020 16:22:30 +0530
From:   Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, patches@...nelci.org,
        lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>,
        linux- stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.5 000/176] 5.5.8-stable review

On Wed, 4 Mar 2020 at 14:19, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 09:47:02AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 09:11:28AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 12:43:42PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 23:16, Greg Kroah-Hartman
> > > > <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 5.5.8 release.
> > > > > There are 176 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > > > > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > > > > let me know.
> > > > >
> > > > > Responses should be made by Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:42:06 +0000.
> > > > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > > > >
> > > > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> > > > >         https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/stable-review/patch-5.5.8-rc1.gz
> > > > > or in the git tree and branch at:
> > > > >         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-5.5.y
> > > > > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > greg k-h
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Results from Linaro’s test farm.
> > > > Regressions detected on x86_64 and i386.
> > > >
> > > > Test failure output:
> > > > CVE-2017-5715: VULN (IBRS+IBPB or retpoline+IBPB+RSB filling, is
> > > > needed to mitigate the vulnerability)
> > > >
> > > > Test description:
> > > > CVE-2017-5715 branch target injection (Spectre Variant 2)
> > > >
> > > > Impact: Kernel
> > > > Mitigation 1: new opcode via microcode update that should be used by
> > > > up to date compilers to protect the BTB (by flushing indirect branch
> > > > predictors)
> > > > Mitigation 2: introducing "retpoline" into compilers, and recompile
> > > > software/OS with it
> > > > Performance impact of the mitigation: high for mitigation 1, medium
> > > > for mitigation 2, depending on your CPU
> > >
> > > So these are regressions or just new tests?
> > >
> > > If regressions, can you do 'git bisect' to find the offending commit?
> > >
> > > Also, are you sure you have an updated microcode on these machines and a
> > > proper compiler for retpoline?
> >
> > As an example of just how crazy that script is, here's the output of my
> > machine for that first CVE issue:
> >
> > CVE-2017-5715 aka 'Spectre Variant 2, branch target injection'
> > * Mitigated according to the /sys interface:  YES  (Mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling)
> > * Mitigation 1
> >   * Kernel is compiled with IBRS support:  YES
> >     * IBRS enabled and active:  YES  (for firmware code only)
> >   * Kernel is compiled with IBPB support:  YES
> >     * IBPB enabled and active:  YES
> > * Mitigation 2
> >   * Kernel has branch predictor hardening (arm):  NO
> >   * Kernel compiled with retpoline option:  YES
> >     * Kernel compiled with a retpoline-aware compiler:  YES  (kernel reports full retpoline compilation)
> >   * Kernel supports RSB filling:  UNKNOWN  (couldn't check (couldn't find your kernel image in /boot, if you used netboot, this is normal))
> > > STATUS:  VULNERABLE  (IBRS+IBPB or retpoline+IBPB+RSB filling, is needed to mitigate
> >
> > So why is this "Vulnerable"?  Because it didn't think it could find my
> > kernel image for some odd reason, despite it really being in /boot/ (I
> > don't use netboot)

Now I know the real reason why this test failed.
With this note we can conclude this is not a regression.

No regressions on arm64, arm, x86_64, and i386 for 4.19, 5.4 and 5.5 branches.

Sorry for the noise.

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