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authorAndy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>2019-07-14 17:23:14 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2019-07-22 10:12:32 +0200
commit229b969b3d38bc28bcd55841ee7ca9a9afb922f3 (patch)
tree53ebd4fc7d0878ae76c3c30b4191e7e965146195 /arch/x86/kernel
parentLinus 5.3-rc1 (diff)
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x86/apic: Initialize TPR to block interrupts 16-31
The APIC, per spec, is fundamentally confused and thinks that interrupt vectors 16-31 are valid. This makes no sense -- the CPU reserves vectors 0-31 for exceptions (faults, traps, etc). Obviously, no device should actually produce an interrupt with vector 16-31, but robustness can be improved by setting the APIC TPR class to 1, which will prevent delivery of an interrupt with a vector below 32. Note: This is *not* intended as a security measure against attackers who control malicious hardware. Any PCI or similar hardware that can be controlled by an attacker MUST be behind a functional IOMMU that remaps interrupts. The purpose of this change is to reduce the chance that a certain class of device malfunctions crashes the kernel in hard-to-debug ways. Suggested-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/dc04a9f8b234d7b0956a8d2560b8945bcd9c4bf7.1563117760.git.luto@kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index f5291362da1a..84032bf81476 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -1561,11 +1561,14 @@ static void setup_local_APIC(void)
#endif
/*
- * Set Task Priority to 'accept all'. We never change this
- * later on.
+ * Set Task Priority to 'accept all except vectors 0-31'. An APIC
+ * vector in the 16-31 range could be delivered if TPR == 0, but we
+ * would think it's an exception and terrible things will happen. We
+ * never change this later on.
*/
value = apic_read(APIC_TASKPRI);
value &= ~APIC_TPRI_MASK;
+ value |= 0x10;
apic_write(APIC_TASKPRI, value);
apic_pending_intr_clear();