[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1741497] [NEW] powerpc: flush L1D on return to use

2018-01-05 Thread bugproxy
*** This bug is a security vulnerability *** Private security bug reported: In order to address variant 3 on IBM POWER systems we must flush the L1D cache on return from exceptions into userspace. We do this by leveraging conveniently newly added nop space instructions that have the effect of

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1741497] [NEW] powerpc: flush L1D on return to use

2018-01-05 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
You have been subscribed to a public bug: In order to address variant 3 on IBM POWER systems we must flush the L1D cache on return from exceptions into userspace. We do this by leveraging conveniently newly added nop space instructions that have the effect of guaranteeing a given kernel VA is not