Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode/intel: Use correct buffer size for saving microcode data

From: Junichi Nomura
Date: Wed Jan 04 2017 - 23:48:03 EST


On 01/05/17 10:02, Junichi Nomura wrote:
> In generic_load_microcode(), curr_mc_size is the size of the last
> allocated buffer and not always the size of the buffer pointed to by
> "new_mc".
...
> @@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
> vfree(new_mc);
> new_rev = mc_header.rev;
> new_mc = mc;
> + new_mc_size = curr_mc_size;
> mc = NULL; /* trigger new vmalloc */

Oops, sorry. It should save "mc_size", not "curr_mc_size".

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In generic_load_microcode(), curr_mc_size is the size of the last
allocated buffer and could be smaller than the actual size of the
buffer pointed to by "new_mc".

Without this fix, we could get oops like this:

BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc9000e30f000
IP: __memcpy+0x12/0x20
...
Call Trace:
? kmemdup+0x43/0x60
__alloc_microcode_buf+0x44/0x70
save_microcode_patch+0xd4/0x150
generic_load_microcode+0x1b8/0x260
request_microcode_user+0x15/0x20
microcode_write+0x91/0x100
__vfs_write+0x34/0x120
vfs_write+0xc1/0x130
SyS_write+0x56/0xc0
do_syscall_64+0x6c/0x160
entry_SYSCALL64_slow_path+0x25/0x25

Save "mc_size" and use it for save_mc_for_early().

Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 06b8534cb728 ("x86/microcode: Rework microcode loading")

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index faec8fa..aee3cb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
u8 *ucode_ptr = data, *new_mc = NULL, *mc = NULL;
int new_rev = uci->cpu_sig.rev;
unsigned int leftover = size;
- unsigned int curr_mc_size = 0;
+ unsigned int curr_mc_size = 0, new_mc_size = 0;
unsigned int csig, cpf;

while (leftover) {
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
vfree(new_mc);
new_rev = mc_header.rev;
new_mc = mc;
+ new_mc_size = mc_size;
mc = NULL; /* trigger new vmalloc */
}

@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
* permanent memory. So it will be loaded early when a CPU is hot added
* or resumes.
*/
- save_mc_for_early(new_mc, curr_mc_size);
+ save_mc_for_early(new_mc, new_mc_size);

pr_debug("CPU%d found a matching microcode update with version 0x%x (current=0x%x)\n",
cpu, new_rev, uci->cpu_sig.rev);
--
Jun'ichi Nomura, NEC Corporation / NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.