This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git%3Ba=su...

The filename of the patch is: x86-pti-rename-bug_cpu_insecure-to-bug_cpu_meltdown.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let stable@vger.kernel.org know about it.

From de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 15:27:34 +0100 Subject: x86/pti: Rename BUG_CPU_INSECURE to BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN

From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de

commit de791821c295cc61419a06fe5562288417d1bc58 upstream.

Use the name associated with the particular attack which needs page table isolation for mitigation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Acked-by: David Woodhouse dwmw@amazon.co.uk Cc: Alan Cox gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: Jiri Koshina jikos@kernel.org Cc: Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org Cc: Tim Chen tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com Cc: Andi Lutomirski luto@amacapital.net Cc: Andi Kleen ak@linux.intel.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org Cc: Paul Turner pjt@google.com Cc: Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky@amd.com Cc: Greg KH gregkh@linux-foundation.org Cc: Dave Hansen dave.hansen@intel.com Cc: Kees Cook keescook@google.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801051525300.1724@nanos Signed-off-by: Razvan Ghitulete rga@amazon.de Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 +- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h @@ -316,6 +316,6 @@ #define X86_BUG_SWAPGS_FENCE X86_BUG(11) /* SWAPGS without input dep on GS */ #define X86_BUG_MONITOR X86_BUG(12) /* IPI required to wake up remote CPU */ #define X86_BUG_AMD_E400 X86_BUG(13) /* CPU is among the affected by Erratum 400 */ -#define X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE X86_BUG(14) /* CPU is insecure and needs kernel page table isolation */ +#define X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN X86_BUG(14) /* CPU is affected by meltdown attack and needs kernel page table isolation */

#endif /* _ASM_X86_CPUFEATURES_H */ --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c @@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static void __init early_identify_cpu(st setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);

/* Assume for now that ALL x86 CPUs are insecure */ - setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_INSECURE); + setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_CPU_MELTDOWN);

fpu__init_system(c); }

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tglx@linutronix.de are

queue-4.9/x86-spectre-add-boot-time-option-to-select-spectre-v2-mitigation.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-irq32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/objtool-detect-jumps-to-retpoline-thunks.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-add-x86_bug_spectre_v.patch queue-4.9/x86-microcode-intel-extend-bdw-late-loading-with-a-revision-check.patch queue-4.9/x86-alternatives-add-missing-n-at-end-of-alternative-inline-asm.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-hyperv-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-entry-convert-entry-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-asm-use-register-variable-to-get-stack-pointer-value.patch queue-4.9/sysfs-cpu-fix-typos-in-vulnerability-documentation.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-add-x86_bug_cpu_insecure.patch queue-4.9/objtool-modules-discard-objtool-annotation-sections-for-modules.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpufeatures-make-cpu-bugs-sticky.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-amd-make-lfence-a-serializing-instruction.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-ftrace-convert-ftrace-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-documentation-add-pti-description.patch queue-4.9/x86-acpi-handle-sci-interrupts-above-legacy-space-gracefully.patch queue-4.9/objtool-allow-alternatives-to-be-ignored.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-implement-cpu-vulnerabilites-sysfs-functions.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-crypto-convert-crypto-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-factor-out-application-of-forced-cpu-caps.patch queue-4.9/selftests-x86-add-test_vsyscall.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-xen-convert-xen-hypercall-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-merge-bugs.c-and-bugs_64.c.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-checksum32-convert-assembler-indirect-jumps.patch queue-4.9/x86-mm-32-move-setup_clear_cpu_cap-x86_feature_pcid-earlier.patch queue-4.9/sysfs-cpu-add-vulnerability-folder.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-fill-return-stack-buffer-on-vmexit.patch queue-4.9/x86-pti-rename-bug_cpu_insecure-to-bug_cpu_meltdown.patch queue-4.9/x86-acpi-reduce-code-duplication-in-mp_override_legacy_irq.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-remove-compile-time-warning.patch queue-4.9/x86-alternatives-fix-optimize_nops-checking.patch queue-4.9/x86-cpu-amd-use-lfence_rdtsc-in-preference-to-mfence_rdtsc.patch queue-4.9/x86-retpoline-add-initial-retpoline-support.patch