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<title>regulator: dt-bindings: samsung,s5m8767: correct s5m8767,pmic-buck-default-dvs-idx property</title>
<updated>2021-11-26T10:48:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Krzysztof Kozlowski</name>
<email>krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-08T11:37:14+00:00</published>
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commit a7fda04bc9b6ad9da8e19c9e6e3b1dab773d068a upstream.

The driver was always parsing "s5m8767,pmic-buck-default-dvs-idx", not
"s5m8767,pmic-buck234-default-dvs-idx".

Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 26aec009f6b6 ("regulator: add device tree support for s5m8767")
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski &lt;krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Message-Id: &lt;20211008113723.134648-3-krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit a7fda04bc9b6ad9da8e19c9e6e3b1dab773d068a upstream.

The driver was always parsing "s5m8767,pmic-buck-default-dvs-idx", not
"s5m8767,pmic-buck234-default-dvs-idx".

Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 26aec009f6b6 ("regulator: add device tree support for s5m8767")
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski &lt;krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Message-Id: &lt;20211008113723.134648-3-krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>regulator: s5m8767: do not use reset value as DVS voltage if GPIO DVS is disabled</title>
<updated>2021-11-26T10:48:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Krzysztof Kozlowski</name>
<email>krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-08T11:37:13+00:00</published>
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commit b16bef60a9112b1e6daf3afd16484eb06e7ce792 upstream.

The driver and its bindings, before commit 04f9f068a619 ("regulator:
s5m8767: Modify parsing method of the voltage table of buck2/3/4") were
requiring to provide at least one safe/default voltage for DVS registers
if DVS GPIO is not being enabled.

IOW, if s5m8767,pmic-buck2-uses-gpio-dvs is missing, the
s5m8767,pmic-buck2-dvs-voltage should still be present and contain one
voltage.

This requirement was coming from driver behavior matching this condition
(none of DVS GPIO is enabled): it was always initializing the DVS
selector pins to 0 and keeping the DVS enable setting at reset value
(enabled).  Therefore if none of DVS GPIO is enabled in devicetree,
driver was configuring the first DVS voltage for buck[234].

Mentioned commit 04f9f068a619 ("regulator: s5m8767: Modify parsing
method of the voltage table of buck2/3/4") broke it because DVS voltage
won't be parsed from devicetree if DVS GPIO is not enabled.  After the
change, driver will configure bucks to use the register reset value as
voltage which might have unpleasant effects.

Fix this by relaxing the bindings constrain: if DVS GPIO is not enabled
in devicetree (therefore DVS voltage is also not parsed), explicitly
disable it.

Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 04f9f068a619 ("regulator: s5m8767: Modify parsing method of the voltage table of buck2/3/4")
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski &lt;krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Message-Id: &lt;20211008113723.134648-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit b16bef60a9112b1e6daf3afd16484eb06e7ce792 upstream.

The driver and its bindings, before commit 04f9f068a619 ("regulator:
s5m8767: Modify parsing method of the voltage table of buck2/3/4") were
requiring to provide at least one safe/default voltage for DVS registers
if DVS GPIO is not being enabled.

IOW, if s5m8767,pmic-buck2-uses-gpio-dvs is missing, the
s5m8767,pmic-buck2-dvs-voltage should still be present and contain one
voltage.

This requirement was coming from driver behavior matching this condition
(none of DVS GPIO is enabled): it was always initializing the DVS
selector pins to 0 and keeping the DVS enable setting at reset value
(enabled).  Therefore if none of DVS GPIO is enabled in devicetree,
driver was configuring the first DVS voltage for buck[234].

Mentioned commit 04f9f068a619 ("regulator: s5m8767: Modify parsing
method of the voltage table of buck2/3/4") broke it because DVS voltage
won't be parsed from devicetree if DVS GPIO is not enabled.  After the
change, driver will configure bucks to use the register reset value as
voltage which might have unpleasant effects.

Fix this by relaxing the bindings constrain: if DVS GPIO is not enabled
in devicetree (therefore DVS voltage is also not parsed), explicitly
disable it.

Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: 04f9f068a619 ("regulator: s5m8767: Modify parsing method of the voltage table of buck2/3/4")
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski &lt;krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Message-Id: &lt;20211008113723.134648-2-krzysztof.kozlowski@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown &lt;broonie@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>dt-bindings: mtd: gpmc: Fix the ECC bytes vs. OOB bytes equation</title>
<updated>2021-09-22T09:43:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Miquel Raynal</name>
<email>miquel.raynal@bootlin.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-10T14:39:45+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 778cb8e39f6ec252be50fc3850d66f3dcbd5dd5a ]

"PAGESIZE / 512" is the number of ECC chunks.
"ECC_BYTES" is the number of bytes needed to store a single ECC code.
"2" is the space reserved by the bad block marker.

"2 + (PAGESIZE / 512) * ECC_BYTES" should of course be lower or equal
than the total number of OOB bytes, otherwise it won't fit.

Fix the equation by substituting s/&gt;=/&lt;=/.

Suggested-by: Ryan J. Barnett &lt;ryan.barnett@collins.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal &lt;miquel.raynal@bootlin.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20210610143945.3504781-1-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 778cb8e39f6ec252be50fc3850d66f3dcbd5dd5a ]

"PAGESIZE / 512" is the number of ECC chunks.
"ECC_BYTES" is the number of bytes needed to store a single ECC code.
"2" is the space reserved by the bad block marker.

"2 + (PAGESIZE / 512) * ECC_BYTES" should of course be lower or equal
than the total number of OOB bytes, otherwise it won't fit.

Fix the equation by substituting s/&gt;=/&lt;=/.

Suggested-by: Ryan J. Barnett &lt;ryan.barnett@collins.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal &lt;miquel.raynal@bootlin.com&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20210610143945.3504781-1-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>locks: print a warning when mount fails due to lack of "mand" support</title>
<updated>2021-08-26T12:37:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jeff Layton</name>
<email>jlayton@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-08-15T19:21:17+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit df2474a22c42ce419b67067c52d71da06c385501 ]

Since 9e8925b67a ("locks: Allow disabling mandatory locking at compile
time"), attempts to mount filesystems with "-o mand" will fail.
Unfortunately, there is no other indiciation of the reason for the
failure.

Change how the function is defined for better readability. When
CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING is disabled, printk a warning when
someone attempts to mount with -o mand.

Also, add a blurb to the mandatory-locking.txt file to explain about
the "mand" option, and the behavior one should expect when it is
disabled.

Reported-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit df2474a22c42ce419b67067c52d71da06c385501 ]

Since 9e8925b67a ("locks: Allow disabling mandatory locking at compile
time"), attempts to mount filesystems with "-o mand" will fail.
Unfortunately, there is no other indiciation of the reason for the
failure.

Change how the function is defined for better readability. When
CONFIG_MANDATORY_FILE_LOCKING is disabled, printk a warning when
someone attempts to mount with -o mand.

Also, add a blurb to the mandatory-locking.txt file to explain about
the "mand" option, and the behavior one should expect when it is
disabled.

Reported-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>tweewide: Fix most Shebang lines</title>
<updated>2021-06-03T06:23:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Finn Behrens</name>
<email>me@kloenk.de</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-23T14:15:33+00:00</published>
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commit c25ce589dca10d64dde139ae093abc258a32869c upstream.

Change every shebang which does not need an argument to use /usr/bin/env.
This is needed as not every distro has everything under /usr/bin,
sometimes not even bash.

Signed-off-by: Finn Behrens &lt;me@kloenk.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
[nicolas@fjasle.eu: update contexts for v4.9, adapt for old scripts]
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit c25ce589dca10d64dde139ae093abc258a32869c upstream.

Change every shebang which does not need an argument to use /usr/bin/env.
This is needed as not every distro has everything under /usr/bin,
sometimes not even bash.

Signed-off-by: Finn Behrens &lt;me@kloenk.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada &lt;masahiroy@kernel.org&gt;
[nicolas@fjasle.eu: update contexts for v4.9, adapt for old scripts]
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier &lt;nicolas@fjasle.eu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>sysfs: Add sysfs_emit and sysfs_emit_at to format sysfs output</title>
<updated>2021-03-07T10:25:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Joe Perches</name>
<email>joe@perches.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-09-16T20:40:38+00:00</published>
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commit 2efc459d06f1630001e3984854848a5647086232 upstream.

Output defects can exist in sysfs content using sprintf and snprintf.

sprintf does not know the PAGE_SIZE maximum of the temporary buffer
used for outputting sysfs content and it's possible to overrun the
PAGE_SIZE buffer length.

Add a generic sysfs_emit function that knows that the size of the
temporary buffer and ensures that no overrun is done.

Add a generic sysfs_emit_at function that can be used in multiple
call situations that also ensures that no overrun is done.

Validate the output buffer argument to be page aligned.
Validate the offset len argument to be within the PAGE_SIZE buf.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/884235202216d464d61ee975f7465332c86f76b2.1600285923.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 2efc459d06f1630001e3984854848a5647086232 upstream.

Output defects can exist in sysfs content using sprintf and snprintf.

sprintf does not know the PAGE_SIZE maximum of the temporary buffer
used for outputting sysfs content and it's possible to overrun the
PAGE_SIZE buffer length.

Add a generic sysfs_emit function that knows that the size of the
temporary buffer and ensures that no overrun is done.

Add a generic sysfs_emit_at function that can be used in multiple
call situations that also ensures that no overrun is done.

Validate the output buffer argument to be page aligned.
Validate the offset len argument to be within the PAGE_SIZE buf.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/884235202216d464d61ee975f7465332c86f76b2.1600285923.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>dt-bindings: net: correct interrupt flags in examples</title>
<updated>2020-12-11T12:37:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Krzysztof Kozlowski</name>
<email>krzk@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2020-10-26T15:36:20+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 4d521943f76bd0d1e68ea5e02df7aadd30b2838a ]

GPIO_ACTIVE_x flags are not correct in the context of interrupt flags.
These are simple defines so they could be used in DTS but they will not
have the same meaning:
1. GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH = 0 = IRQ_TYPE_NONE
2. GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW  = 1 = IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING

Correct the interrupt flags, assuming the author of the code wanted same
logical behavior behind the name "ACTIVE_xxx", this is:
  ACTIVE_LOW  =&gt; IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW
  ACTIVE_HIGH =&gt; IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH

Fixes: a1a8b4594f8d ("NFC: pn544: i2c: Add DTS Documentation")
Fixes: 6be88670fc59 ("NFC: nxp-nci_i2c: Add I2C support to NXP NCI driver")
Fixes: e3b329221567 ("dt-bindings: can: tcan4x5x: Update binding to use interrupt property")
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski &lt;krzk@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt; # for tcan4x5x.txt
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201026153620.89268-1-krzk@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 4d521943f76bd0d1e68ea5e02df7aadd30b2838a ]

GPIO_ACTIVE_x flags are not correct in the context of interrupt flags.
These are simple defines so they could be used in DTS but they will not
have the same meaning:
1. GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH = 0 = IRQ_TYPE_NONE
2. GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW  = 1 = IRQ_TYPE_EDGE_RISING

Correct the interrupt flags, assuming the author of the code wanted same
logical behavior behind the name "ACTIVE_xxx", this is:
  ACTIVE_LOW  =&gt; IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_LOW
  ACTIVE_HIGH =&gt; IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH

Fixes: a1a8b4594f8d ("NFC: pn544: i2c: Add DTS Documentation")
Fixes: 6be88670fc59 ("NFC: nxp-nci_i2c: Add I2C support to NXP NCI driver")
Fixes: e3b329221567 ("dt-bindings: can: tcan4x5x: Update binding to use interrupt property")
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski &lt;krzk@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Rob Herring &lt;robh@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Marc Kleine-Budde &lt;mkl@pengutronix.de&gt; # for tcan4x5x.txt
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201026153620.89268-1-krzk@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski &lt;kuba@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/64s: flush L1D after user accesses</title>
<updated>2020-11-22T08:58:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Piggin</name>
<email>npiggin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-19T23:57:43+00:00</published>
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commit 9a32a7e78bd0cd9a9b6332cbdc345ee5ffd0c5de upstream.

IBM Power9 processors can speculatively operate on data in the L1 cache before
it has been completely validated, via a way-prediction mechanism. It is not possible
for an attacker to determine the contents of impermissible memory using this method,
since these systems implement a combination of hardware and software security measures
to prevent scenarios where protected data could be leaked.

However these measures don't address the scenario where an attacker induces
the operating system to speculatively execute instructions using data that the
attacker controls. This can be used for example to speculatively bypass "kernel
user access prevention" techniques, as discovered by Anthony Steinhauser of
Google's Safeside Project. This is not an attack by itself, but there is a possibility
it could be used in conjunction with side-channels or other weaknesses in the
privileged code to construct an attack.

This issue can be mitigated by flushing the L1 cache between privilege boundaries
of concern. This patch flushes the L1 cache after user accesses.

This is part of the fix for CVE-2020-4788.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens &lt;dja@axtens.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 9a32a7e78bd0cd9a9b6332cbdc345ee5ffd0c5de upstream.

IBM Power9 processors can speculatively operate on data in the L1 cache before
it has been completely validated, via a way-prediction mechanism. It is not possible
for an attacker to determine the contents of impermissible memory using this method,
since these systems implement a combination of hardware and software security measures
to prevent scenarios where protected data could be leaked.

However these measures don't address the scenario where an attacker induces
the operating system to speculatively execute instructions using data that the
attacker controls. This can be used for example to speculatively bypass "kernel
user access prevention" techniques, as discovered by Anthony Steinhauser of
Google's Safeside Project. This is not an attack by itself, but there is a possibility
it could be used in conjunction with side-channels or other weaknesses in the
privileged code to construct an attack.

This issue can be mitigated by flushing the L1 cache between privilege boundaries
of concern. This patch flushes the L1 cache after user accesses.

This is part of the fix for CVE-2020-4788.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens &lt;dja@axtens.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/64s: flush L1D on kernel entry</title>
<updated>2020-11-22T08:58:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Nicholas Piggin</name>
<email>npiggin@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-19T23:57:38+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=fa4bf9f38184ed7ca4916eb64f8c767d1e279c1f'/>
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commit f79643787e0a0762d2409b7b8334e83f22d85695 upstream.

IBM Power9 processors can speculatively operate on data in the L1 cache before
it has been completely validated, via a way-prediction mechanism. It is not possible
for an attacker to determine the contents of impermissible memory using this method,
since these systems implement a combination of hardware and software security measures
to prevent scenarios where protected data could be leaked.

However these measures don't address the scenario where an attacker induces
the operating system to speculatively execute instructions using data that the
attacker controls. This can be used for example to speculatively bypass "kernel
user access prevention" techniques, as discovered by Anthony Steinhauser of
Google's Safeside Project. This is not an attack by itself, but there is a possibility
it could be used in conjunction with side-channels or other weaknesses in the
privileged code to construct an attack.

This issue can be mitigated by flushing the L1 cache between privilege boundaries
of concern. This patch flushes the L1 cache on kernel entry.

This is part of the fix for CVE-2020-4788.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens &lt;dja@axtens.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit f79643787e0a0762d2409b7b8334e83f22d85695 upstream.

IBM Power9 processors can speculatively operate on data in the L1 cache before
it has been completely validated, via a way-prediction mechanism. It is not possible
for an attacker to determine the contents of impermissible memory using this method,
since these systems implement a combination of hardware and software security measures
to prevent scenarios where protected data could be leaked.

However these measures don't address the scenario where an attacker induces
the operating system to speculatively execute instructions using data that the
attacker controls. This can be used for example to speculatively bypass "kernel
user access prevention" techniques, as discovered by Anthony Steinhauser of
Google's Safeside Project. This is not an attack by itself, but there is a possibility
it could be used in conjunction with side-channels or other weaknesses in the
privileged code to construct an attack.

This issue can be mitigated by flushing the L1 cache between privilege boundaries
of concern. This patch flushes the L1 cache on kernel entry.

This is part of the fix for CVE-2020-4788.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin &lt;npiggin@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Axtens &lt;dja@axtens.net&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>xen/events: defer eoi in case of excessive number of events</title>
<updated>2020-11-18T17:26:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Juergen Gross</name>
<email>jgross@suse.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-03T14:35:27+00:00</published>
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commit e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 upstream.

In case rogue guests are sending events at high frequency it might
happen that xen_evtchn_do_upcall() won't stop processing events in
dom0. As this is done in irq handling a crash might be the result.

In order to avoid that, delay further inter-domain events after some
time in xen_evtchn_do_upcall() by forcing eoi processing into a
worker on the same cpu, thus inhibiting new events coming in.

The time after which eoi processing is to be delayed is configurable
via a new module parameter "event_loop_timeout" which specifies the
maximum event loop time in jiffies (default: 2, the value was chosen
after some tests showing that a value of 2 was the lowest with an
only slight drop of dom0 network throughput while multiple guests
performed an event storm).

How long eoi processing will be delayed can be specified via another
parameter "event_eoi_delay" (again in jiffies, default 10, again the
value was chosen after testing with different delay values).

This is part of XSA-332.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien@xen.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;sstabellini@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu &lt;wl@xen.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit e99502f76271d6bc4e374fe368c50c67a1fd3070 upstream.

In case rogue guests are sending events at high frequency it might
happen that xen_evtchn_do_upcall() won't stop processing events in
dom0. As this is done in irq handling a crash might be the result.

In order to avoid that, delay further inter-domain events after some
time in xen_evtchn_do_upcall() by forcing eoi processing into a
worker on the same cpu, thus inhibiting new events coming in.

The time after which eoi processing is to be delayed is configurable
via a new module parameter "event_loop_timeout" which specifies the
maximum event loop time in jiffies (default: 2, the value was chosen
after some tests showing that a value of 2 was the lowest with an
only slight drop of dom0 network throughput while multiple guests
performed an event storm).

How long eoi processing will be delayed can be specified via another
parameter "event_eoi_delay" (again in jiffies, default 10, again the
value was chosen after testing with different delay values).

This is part of XSA-332.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Julien Grall &lt;julien@xen.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross &lt;jgross@suse.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini &lt;sstabellini@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Wei Liu &lt;wl@xen.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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