4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
commit 7281c8dec8a87685cb54d503d8cceef5a0fc2fdd upstream.
> kernel/sched/core.c:6921 cpu_weight_nice_write_s64() warn: potential spectre
> issue 'sched_prio_to_weight'
Userspace controls @nice, so sanitize the value before using it to
index an array.
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <pet...@infradead.org>
Cc: <sta...@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efa...@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
kernel/sched/core.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <linux/mmu_context.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/nmi.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
#include <linux/prefetch.h>
#include <linux/profile.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
@@ -6873,11 +6874,15 @@ static int cpu_weight_nice_write_s64(str
struct cftype *cft, s64 nice)
{
unsigned long weight;
+ int idx;
if (nice < MIN_NICE || nice > MAX_NICE)
return -ERANGE;
- weight = sched_prio_to_weight[NICE_TO_PRIO(nice) - MAX_RT_PRIO];
+ idx = NICE_TO_PRIO(nice) - MAX_RT_PRIO;
+ idx = array_index_nospec(idx, 40);
+ weight = sched_prio_to_weight[idx];
+
return sched_group_set_shares(css_tg(css), scale_load(weight));
}
#endif
