[PATCH 3.16 265/366] perf/x86: Fix possible Spectre-v1 indexing for hw_perf_event cache_*

From: Ben Hutchings
Date: Sun Oct 14 2018 - 11:40:38 EST


3.16.60-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit ef9ee4ad38445a30909c48998624861716f2a994 upstream.

> arch/x86/events/core.c:319 set_ext_hw_attr() warn: potential spectre issue 'hw_cache_event_ids[cache_type]' (local cap)
> arch/x86/events/core.c:319 set_ext_hw_attr() warn: potential spectre issue 'hw_cache_event_ids' (local cap)
> arch/x86/events/core.c:328 set_ext_hw_attr() warn: potential spectre issue 'hw_cache_extra_regs[cache_type]' (local cap)
> arch/x86/events/core.c:328 set_ext_hw_attr() warn: potential spectre issue 'hw_cache_extra_regs' (local cap)

Userspace controls @config which contains 3 (byte) fields used for a 3
dimensional array deref.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust filename]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -274,17 +274,20 @@ set_ext_hw_attr(struct hw_perf_event *hw

config = attr->config;

- cache_type = (config >> 0) & 0xff;
+ cache_type = (config >> 0) & 0xff;
if (cache_type >= PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
+ cache_type = array_index_nospec(cache_type, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MAX);

cache_op = (config >> 8) & 0xff;
if (cache_op >= PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
+ cache_op = array_index_nospec(cache_op, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_MAX);

cache_result = (config >> 16) & 0xff;
if (cache_result >= PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX)
return -EINVAL;
+ cache_result = array_index_nospec(cache_result, PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX);

val = hw_cache_event_ids[cache_type][cache_op][cache_result];