4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ 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: <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 | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c @@ -304,17 +304,20 @@ 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];