The patch below does not apply to the 3.18-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 723f2828a98c8ca19842042f418fb30dd8cfc0f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:12:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on model 79 Blacklist Broadwell X model 79 for late loading due to an erratum. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171018111225.25635-1-bp@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c index 8f7a9bbad514..7dbcb7adf797 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ #include <linux/mm.h> #include <asm/microcode_intel.h> +#include <asm/intel-family.h> #include <asm/processor.h> #include <asm/tlbflush.h> #include <asm/setup.h> @@ -918,6 +919,18 @@ static int get_ucode_fw(void *to, const void *from, size_t n) return 0; } +static bool is_blacklisted(unsigned int cpu) +{ + struct cpuinfo_x86 *c = &cpu_data(cpu); + + if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X) { + pr_err_once("late loading on model 79 is disabled.\n"); + return true; + } + + return false; +} + static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device, bool refresh_fw) { @@ -926,6 +939,9 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device, const struct firmware *firmware; enum ucode_state ret; + if (is_blacklisted(cpu)) + return UCODE_NFOUND; + sprintf(name, "intel-ucode/%02x-%02x-%02x", c->x86, c->x86_model, c->x86_mask); @@ -950,6 +966,9 @@ static int get_ucode_user(void *to, const void *from, size_t n) static enum ucode_state 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); }