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File 66f2fd92-x86-ucode-Intel-stricter-sanity-check.patch of Package xen

# Commit 8752ad83e79754f8109457cff796e5f86f644348
# Date 2024-09-24 18:57:38 +0100
# Author Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
# Committer Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
xen/ucode: Make Intel's microcode_sanity_check() stricter

The SDM states that data size must be a multiple of 4, but Xen doesn't check
this propery.

This is liable to cause a later failures, but should be checked explicitly.

Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <demi@invisiblethingslab.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/microcode/intel.c
@@ -155,10 +155,13 @@ static int microcode_sanity_check(const
     uint32_t sum;
 
     /*
-     * Total size must be a multiple of 1024 bytes.  Data size and the header
-     * must fit within it.
+     * The SDM states:
+     * - Data size must be a multiple of 4.
+     * - Total size must be a multiple of 1024 bytes.  Data size and the
+     *   header must fit within it.
      */
     if ( (total_size & 1023) ||
+         (data_size & 3) ||
          data_size > (total_size - MC_HEADER_SIZE) )
     {
         printk(XENLOG_WARNING "microcode: Bad size\n");

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