[PATCH v2 2/4] x86/microcode: Fix __user annotations around generic_load_microcode()

[Jann Horn]

generic_load_microcode() deals with a pointer that can be either a kernel
pointer or a user pointer. Pass it around as a __user pointer so that it
can't be dereferenced accidentally while its address space is unknown.
Use explicit casts to convert between __user and __kernel to inform the
checker that these address space conversions are intentional.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 20 ++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
index 16936a24795c..e8ef65c275c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -861,11 +861,13 @@ static enum ucode_state apply_microcode_intel(int cpu)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
-				int (*get_ucode_data)(void *, const void *, size_t))
+static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu,
+		const void __user *data, size_t size,
+		int (*get_ucode_data)(void *, const void __user *, size_t))
 {
 	struct ucode_cpu_info *uci = ucode_cpu_info + cpu;
-	u8 *ucode_ptr = data, *new_mc = NULL, *mc = NULL;
+	const u8 __user *ucode_ptr = data;
+	u8 *new_mc = NULL, *mc = NULL;
 	int new_rev = uci->cpu_sig.rev;
 	unsigned int leftover = size;
 	unsigned int curr_mc_size = 0, new_mc_size = 0;
@@ -945,9 +947,10 @@ static enum ucode_state generic_load_microcode(int cpu, void *data, size_t size,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int get_ucode_fw(void *to, const void *from, size_t n)
+static int get_ucode_fw(void *to, const void __user *from, size_t n)
 {
-	memcpy(to, from, n);
+	/* cast paired with request_microcode_fw() */
+	memcpy(to, (const void __force *)from, n);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -993,7 +996,8 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device,
 		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 	}
 
-	ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, (void *)firmware->data,
+	/* cast paired with get_ucode_fw() */
+	ret = generic_load_microcode(cpu, (void __force __user *)firmware->data,
 				     firmware->size, &get_ucode_fw);
 
 	release_firmware(firmware);
@@ -1001,7 +1005,7 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int get_ucode_user(void *to, const void *from, size_t n)
+static int get_ucode_user(void *to, const void __user *from, size_t n)
 {
 	return copy_from_user(to, from, n);
 }
@@ -1012,7 +1016,7 @@ request_microcode_user(int cpu, const void __user *buf, size_t size)
 	if (is_blacklisted(cpu))
 		return UCODE_NFOUND;
 
-	return generic_load_microcode(cpu, (void *)buf, size, &get_ucode_user);
+	return generic_load_microcode(cpu, buf, size, &get_ucode_user);
 }
 
 static struct microcode_ops microcode_intel_ops = {
-- 
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