From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yosry@kernel.org
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] x86/CPU/AMD: Avoid racy updates to MSR_K7_HWCR in set_cpuid_faulting()
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 14:15:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260609211611.466231-2-jmattson@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260609211611.466231-1-jmattson@google.com>
Since msr_set_bit() and msr_clear_bit() perform a non-atomic update to an
MSR, they can race with a write to the same MSR from interrupt context. On
AMD CPUs, set_cpuid_faulting() uses these functions to modify MSR_K7_HWCR
from process context, and boost_set_msr() modifies MSR_K7_HWCR from
interrupt context.
To prevent the race, disable interrupts on the AMD path through
set_cpuid_faulting(). Note that when set_cpuid_faulting() is called from
__switch_to_xtra(), interrupts are already disabled.
Reported-by: Sashiko (gemini/gemini-3.1-pro-preview)
Fixes: 65f55a301766 ("x86/CPU/AMD: Add CPUID faulting support")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kernel/process.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 4c718f8adc59..92492a63108f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -354,10 +354,14 @@ static void set_cpuid_faulting(bool on)
this_cpu_write(msr_misc_features_shadow, msrval);
wrmsrq(MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES, msrval);
} else if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD) {
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
if (on)
msr_set_bit(MSR_K7_HWCR, MSR_K7_HWCR_CPUID_USER_DIS_BIT);
else
msr_clear_bit(MSR_K7_HWCR, MSR_K7_HWCR_CPUID_USER_DIS_BIT);
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
}
}
--
2.54.0.1099.g489fc7bff1-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-09 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-09 21:15 [PATCH 0/1] Fix an HWCR RMW race Jim Mattson
2026-06-09 21:15 ` Jim Mattson [this message]
2026-06-09 21:41 ` [PATCH 1/1] x86/CPU/AMD: Avoid racy updates to MSR_K7_HWCR in set_cpuid_faulting() Borislav Petkov
2026-06-09 22:08 ` Jim Mattson
2026-06-09 23:27 ` Borislav Petkov
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