Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/boot: Fix another __read_cr4() case on 486

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Sep 29 2016 - 18:39:03 EST


On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 12:48:11PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> The condition for reading CR4 was wrong: there are some CPUs with
> CPUID but not CR4. Rather than trying to make the condition exact,
> using __read_cr4_safe().

Please s/using/use/ while applying.

> Reported-by: david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 18bc7bd523e0 ("x86/boot: Synchronize trampoline_cr4_features and mmu_cr4_features directly")
> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> index 0fa60f5f5a16..98c9cd6f3b5d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -1137,9 +1137,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> * auditing all the early-boot CR4 manipulation would be needed to
> * rule it out.
> */
> - if (boot_cpu_data.cpuid_level >= 0)
> - /* A CPU has %cr4 if and only if it has CPUID. */
> - mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4();
> + mmu_cr4_features = __read_cr4_safe();
>
> memblock_set_current_limit(get_max_mapped());
>
> --

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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