[PATCH 1/2] x86, amd-ucode: Check UCODE_MAGIC before loading the container file

[Borislav Petkov]

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@xxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
index 366baa1..f4c538b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_amd.c
@@ -317,6 +317,12 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
 		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 	}
 
+	if (*(u32 *)firmware->data != UCODE_MAGIC) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "microcode: invalid UCODE_MAGIC (0x%08x)\n",
+		       *(u32 *)firmware->data);
+		return UCODE_ERROR;
+	}
+
 	ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, firmware->data, firmware->size);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware);
-- 
1.6.5.1

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