4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 46b1b577229a091b137831becaa0fae8690ee15a upstream. > arch/x86/events/intel/cstate.c:307 cstate_pmu_event_init() warn: potential spectre issue 'pkg_msr' (local cap) > arch/x86/events/intel/core.c:337 intel_pmu_event_map() warn: potential spectre issue 'intel_perfmon_event_map' > arch/x86/events/intel/knc.c:122 knc_pmu_event_map() warn: potential spectre issue 'knc_perfmon_event_map' > arch/x86/events/intel/p4.c:722 p4_pmu_event_map() warn: potential spectre issue 'p4_general_events' > arch/x86/events/intel/p6.c:116 p6_pmu_event_map() warn: potential spectre issue 'p6_perfmon_event_map' > arch/x86/events/amd/core.c:132 amd_pmu_event_map() warn: potential spectre issue 'amd_perfmon_event_map' Userspace controls @attr, sanitize @attr->config before passing it on to x86_pmu::event_map(). Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> 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> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/events/core.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ #include <linux/cpu.h> #include <linux/bitops.h> #include <linux/device.h> +#include <linux/nospec.h> #include <asm/apic.h> #include <asm/stacktrace.h> @@ -424,6 +425,8 @@ int x86_setup_perfctr(struct perf_event if (attr->config >= x86_pmu.max_events) return -EINVAL; + attr->config = array_index_nospec((unsigned long)attr->config, x86_pmu.max_events); + /* * The generic map: */