This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on model 79 to the 4.13-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: x86-microcode-intel-disable-late-loading-on-model-79.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.13 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 723f2828a98c8ca19842042f418fb30dd8cfc0f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:12:25 +0200 Subject: x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on model 79 From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> commit 723f2828a98c8ca19842042f418fb30dd8cfc0f7 upstream. 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: 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> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) --- 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> @@ -917,6 +918,18 @@ static int get_ucode_fw(void *to, const 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) { @@ -925,6 +938,9 @@ static enum ucode_state request_microcod 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); @@ -949,6 +965,9 @@ static int get_ucode_user(void *to, cons 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); } Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from bp@xxxxxxx are queue-4.13/x86-microcode-intel-disable-late-loading-on-model-79.patch