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Thomas Lendacky 912139cfbf x86/microcode/amd: Don't falsely trick the late loading mechanism
The load_microcode_amd() function searches for microcode patches and
attempts to apply a microcode patch if it is of different level than the
currently installed level.

While the processor won't actually load a level that is less than
what is already installed, the logic wrongly returns UCODE_NEW thus
signaling to its caller reload_store() that a late loading should be
attempted.

If the file-system contains an older microcode revision than what is
currently running, such a late microcode reload can result in these
misleading messages:

  x86/CPU: CPU features have changed after loading microcode, but might not take effect.
  x86/CPU: Please consider either early loading through initrd/built-in or a potential BIOS update.

These messages were issued on a system where SME/SEV are not
enabled by the BIOS (MSR C001_0010[23] = 0b) because during boot,
early_detect_mem_encrypt() is called and cleared the SME and SEV
features in this case.

However, after the wrong late load attempt, get_cpu_cap() is called and
reloads the SME and SEV feature bits, resulting in the messages.

Update the microcode level check to not attempt microcode loading if the
current level is greater than(!) and not only equal to the current patch
level.

 [ bp: massage commit message. ]

Fixes: 2613f36ed9 ("x86/microcode: Attempt late loading only when new microcode is present")
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/154894518427.9406.8246222496874202773.stgit@tlendack-t1.amdoffice.net
2019-01-31 16:54:32 +01:00
arch x86/microcode/amd: Don't falsely trick the late loading mechanism 2019-01-31 16:54:32 +01:00
block for-4.21/block-20190102 2019-01-02 18:49:58 -08:00
certs kbuild: remove redundant target cleaning on failure 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
crypto Kconfig updates for v4.21 2018-12-29 13:03:29 -08:00
Documentation x86/cache: Rename config option to CONFIG_X86_RESCTRL 2019-01-09 10:29:03 +01:00
drivers chrome platform changes for v4.21 2019-01-06 11:40:06 -08:00
firmware kbuild: change filechk to surround the given command with { } 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
fs Add Adiantum support for fscrypt 2019-01-06 12:21:11 -08:00
include x86, modpost: Replace last remnants of RETPOLINE with CONFIG_RETPOLINE 2019-01-09 10:35:56 +01:00
init jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
ipc
kernel Kbuild late updates for v4.21 2019-01-06 16:33:10 -08:00
lib Kbuild late updates for v4.21 2019-01-06 16:33:10 -08:00
LICENSES
mm Change mincore() to count "mapped" pages rather than "cached" pages 2019-01-06 13:43:02 -08:00
net jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-01-06 09:46:51 +09:00
samples samples/seccomp: Fix 32-bit build 2019-01-08 07:45:01 +01:00
scripts x86, modpost: Replace last remnants of RETPOLINE with CONFIG_RETPOLINE 2019-01-09 10:35:56 +01:00
security Merge branch 'mount.part1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2019-01-05 13:25:58 -08:00
sound Remove 'type' argument from access_ok() function 2019-01-03 18:57:57 -08:00
tools x86/selftests/pkeys: Fork() to check for state being preserved 2019-01-15 10:33:45 +01:00
usr user/Makefile: Fix typo and capitalization in comment section 2018-12-11 00:18:03 +09:00
virt Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2019-01-05 09:16:18 -08:00
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.gitignore kbuild: Add support for DT binding schema checks 2018-12-13 09:41:32 -06:00
.mailmap A few early MIPS fixes for 4.21: 2019-01-05 12:48:25 -08:00
COPYING
CREDITS Add CREDITS entry for Shaohua Li 2019-01-04 14:27:09 -07:00
Kbuild kbuild: use assignment instead of define ... endef for filechk_* rules 2019-01-06 10:22:35 +09:00
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Add Andy and Darren as arch/x86/platform/ reviewers 2019-01-30 11:46:49 +01:00
Makefile Linux 5.0-rc1 2019-01-06 17:08:20 -08:00
README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.