linux/arch/x86
Borislav Petkov 3b56496865 x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793
This adds the workaround for erratum 793 as a precaution in case not
every BIOS implements it.  This addresses CVE-2013-6885.

Erratum text:

[Revision Guide for AMD Family 16h Models 00h-0Fh Processors,
document 51810 Rev. 3.04 November 2013]

793 Specific Combination of Writes to Write Combined Memory Types and
Locked Instructions May Cause Core Hang

Description

Under a highly specific and detailed set of internal timing
conditions, a locked instruction may trigger a timing sequence whereby
the write to a write combined memory type is not flushed, causing the
locked instruction to stall indefinitely.

Potential Effect on System

Processor core hang.

Suggested Workaround

BIOS should set MSR
C001_1020[15] = 1b.

Fix Planned

No fix planned

[ hpa: updated description, fixed typo in MSR name ]

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140114230711.GS29865@pd.tnic
Tested-by: Aravind Gopalakrishnan <aravind.gopalakrishnan@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2014-01-14 16:39:07 -08:00
..
boot x86, build: Pass in additional -mno-mmx, -mno-sse options 2013-12-09 15:52:39 -08:00
configs x86, defconfig: Add DEVTMPFS and DEVTMPFS_MOUNT to *86*_defconfig 2013-11-04 20:01:55 -08:00
crypto crypto: sha256_ssse3 - also test for BMI2 2013-10-07 14:17:10 +08:00
ia32 constify copy_siginfo_to_user{,32}() 2013-11-09 00:16:29 -05:00
include x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793 2014-01-14 16:39:07 -08:00
kernel x86, cpu, amd: Add workaround for family 16h, erratum 793 2014-01-14 16:39:07 -08:00
kvm KVM: nVMX: Unconditionally uninit the MMU on nested vmexit 2014-01-02 11:22:14 -02:00
lguest lguest: fix GPF in guest when using gdb. 2013-09-06 08:09:28 +09:30
lib ACPI and power management updates for 3.13-rc1 2013-11-14 13:41:48 +09:00
math-emu
mm mm: numa: serialise parallel get_user_page against THP migration 2013-12-18 19:04:50 -08:00
net net: x86: bpf: don't forget to free sk_filter (v2) 2013-11-07 19:06:52 -05:00
oprofile perf: Fix arch_perf_out_copy_user default 2013-11-06 12:34:25 +01:00
pci ACPI / driver core: Store an ACPI device pointer in struct acpi_dev_node 2013-11-14 23:14:43 +01:00
platform x86, efi: Don't use (U)EFI time services on 32 bit 2013-12-10 15:02:34 -08:00
power x86, asmlinkage, power: Make various symbols used by the suspend asm code visible 2013-08-06 14:21:03 -07:00
realmode x86, build: Pass in additional -mno-mmx, -mno-sse options 2013-12-09 15:52:39 -08:00
syscalls unify compat fanotify_mark(2), switch to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2013-05-09 13:46:38 -04:00
tools Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-09-04 08:39:38 -07:00
um Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml 2013-11-19 11:42:32 -08:00
vdso seqcount: Add lockdep functionality to seqcount/seqlock structures 2013-11-06 12:40:26 +01:00
video
xen Features: 2013-11-15 13:34:37 +09:00
.gitignore
Kbuild
Kconfig math64: Add mul_u64_u32_shr() 2013-12-11 15:52:34 +01:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug x86/efi: Add EFI framebuffer earlyprintk support 2013-10-28 18:09:58 +00:00
Makefile x86, build: Pass in additional -mno-mmx, -mno-sse options 2013-12-09 15:52:39 -08:00
Makefile_32.cpu
Makefile.um